Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 16)

90% of the putts that are short don’t go in.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

What’s nice about the Senior Tour, is you can’t remember your bad shots.

professional golfer

Golf giveth and golf taketh away, but it taketh away a hell of a lot more than it giveth.

South African professional golfer

I was three over, one over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

(1953 – ) American baseball player

He plays just like a union man… he negotiates the final score.

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

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

It is so long it’s the first time I’ve had to take into account the curvature of the earth.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

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

(1912 – 2003) American sports writer

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

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

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

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

On a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating… the other 20 percent lied.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

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

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

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet

In golf, humiliations are the essence of the game.

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

Go ahead and putt, you are not interrupting my conversation. 


Drive: A shot that comes after the whiff and before the mulligan.

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

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

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

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

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