Sam Snead Quotes

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• Forget your opponents; always play against par.
• Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
• These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
• You can't go into a shop and buy a good game of golf.
• There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.
• Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.
• There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he…
• I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I…
• The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.
• Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
• Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
• If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!
• When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.
• Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
• Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.
• You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.
• No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because…
• To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
• Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.
• If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

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