Subject: Sports » Golf

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)

I accept the fact that I'm going to miss it sometimes. I just hope I miss it where I can find it.

American professional golfer

You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two in your pocket.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

My clubs are well used, but unfortunately not used well.

I used to go to the driving range to practice driving without slicing; now I go to the driving range to practice slicing without swearing.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

That putt had more breaks than a government job.

golf writer

Tee your ball high… the air offers less resistance than dirt.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at it.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Yeah, after each of my downhill putts.

professional golfer

If God wants to produce the ideal golfer then He should create a being with a set of unequal arms and likewise legs, an elbow-free left arm, knees which hinge sideways and a ribless torso from which emerges, at an angle of 45 degrees, a stretched neck fitted with one color-blind eye stuck firmly on the left side.

golf author

I don't have anywhere to put my elbows when I putt now.

professional golfer

The only way to ruin a day like this would be to play golf on it.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name… and they say golf is a quiet game.

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

novelist, screenwriter & businessman

But if you figure in the wind chill factor, it’s only 102.

professional golfer

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

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

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

golf writer

One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic