Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 13)

I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I’d spent about half the day in the woods.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet

I think Jessel’s philosophy about golf was something like: If all you’re going to do is chase the ball, why hit it in the first place?

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

My handicap is that I don’t have a big enough beer cooler for the back of my golf cart.

professional football player

There are two things you can do with your head down– play golf and pray.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Handicap: An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

Why am I using a new putter? Because the old one didn’t float too well.

American professional golfer

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

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

Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.

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

I spent $3 million on drink and $3 million on gambling, but I wasted the rest.

professional golfer

The Royal Hong Kong Club caddies hit the nail on the head; their term for golf – "Hittee ball, say damn."

If a caddie can help you, you don't know how to play golf.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

The worst golf shots always occur when playing with someone you are trying to impress.

In golf, I'm one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush…

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

(1918 – ) American Christian evangelist

The three things I fear most in golf are lightening, Ben Hogan, and a downhill putt.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

Never break your putter and your driver in the same round or you're dead.

(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

It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.

professional golfer