Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 14)

Golf isn’t a game, it’s a choice that one makes with one’s life.

screenwriter & producer

Golf is essentially an exercise in masochism conducted out of doors.

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

You know what they say about big hitters… the woods are full of them.

(1910 – 1983) 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

All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse.

Welsh-born Scottish writer

I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.

professional golfer

Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69 yesterday.

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

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

I went to bed and I was old and washed up. I woke up a rookie… what could be better?

American professional golfer

Absentee: A missing golfing peg.

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.

While playing golf today I hit two good balls… I stepped on a rake.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing at you.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

The safest place would be in the fairway.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

The golf swing is among the most stressful and unnatural acts in sports, short of cheering for the Yankees.

American professional golfer

If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I hit it straight, it's a miracle.

American professional golfer

I played golf. I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. … you're supposed to yell, Fore! but I was too busy yelling, “There ain't no way that's gonna hit him!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

Real golfers, no matter what the provocation, never strike a caddie with the driver; the sand wedge is far more effective.