Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 5)

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The reason they call if ‘golf’ is that all the other four-letter words were used up.

Impossible Lie: In golf, a ball that is in a position that is both completely obstructed by an immovable object and continuously observed by an incorruptible player.

You drive for show, but putt for dough.

South African professional golfer

The good chip allows you to whistle while you walk in the dark alleys of golf.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Once bitten, it is akin to having your neck punctured in Transylvania… there is no known antidote.

golf course architect

Golf, especially championship golf, isn't supposed to be fun, was never meant to be fair, and never will make any sense.

author

Golf is a game in which the ball lies poorly and the players well.

(1912 – 2003) American sports writer

Never has my flabber been so completely gasted

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

Golf is the loneliest of games, not excluding postal chess.

golf writer

If you’re caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron; not even God can hit a 1-iron.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of golf, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

John Daly's longer than Greg Norman… he’s even longer than War and Peace.

American sports columnist

In golf, humiliations are the essence of the game.

(1908 – 2004) British/American journalist, television personality & broadcaster

Any guy who would pass up a chance to see Sam Snead play golf would pull the shades driving past the Taj Mahal.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Golf is not just a good walk ruined, it’s also the act of hitting things violently with a stick ruined.

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor

If you pick up a golfer and hold it close to your ear, like a conch shell, and listen, you will hear an alibi.

It looks like he has a divot over each ear.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator