Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 18)

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

This one'll slide down the hill like a greased piglet.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Golf has more rules than any other game, because golf has more cheaters than any other game.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

I've thrown or broken a few clubs in my day. In fact, I guess at one time or another I probably held distance records for every club in the bag.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

If you watch a game, it’s fun; if you play it, it’s recreation; if you work at it, it’s golf.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Water holes are sacrificial waters where you make a steady gift of your pride and high-priced balls.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Most people play a fair game of golf… if you watch them.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.

(1897 – 1976) American novelist, short story & sports writer

I’m hitting the woods just great, but I’m having a terrible time getting out of them.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

They are like hot air dryers in public lavatories. They are a good idea, but take too long.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

A business executive is someone who talks golf in the office and business on the golf course!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft; today it’s called golf.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

The great thing about golf – and this is the reason why a lot of health experts like me recommend it – you can drink beer and ride in a cart while you play.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

It’s hard to play a guy who rattles his medals while you’re putting.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Half of golf is fun; the other half is putting.

golf writer

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything.

American writer

For those who know golf, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

That was a great shot – if they’d put the pin there today.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Never has my flabber been so completely gasted

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.