Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 18)

If I’m on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast… if God wants to play through, let him.

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

He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes at its maximum only to the man who has given up golf.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Absentee: A missing golfing peg.

If you think golf is relaxing, you're not playing it right.

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

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

(1940 – ) professional golfer

The proper score for a businessman golfer is 90. If he is better than that he is neglecting his business. If he's worse, he's neglecting his golf.

I know I’m getting better at golf because I’m hitting fewer spectators.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

I've thought about buying those new, long distance balls, but I wonder, what's the point of hitting golf balls even further out of bounds?

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I don't think he'd even be happy with ice cream right now.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

At 15 we put down my bag to hunt for a ball, found the ball, lost the bag.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

You never had to ask his score; just count the casualties.

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

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

professional golfer

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth; it is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

You can’t lose an old golf ball.

A business executive is someone who talks golf in the office and business on the golf course.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is – don't.

American professional golfer

I just stood there watching him walk past and thinking, ‘I don’t know what that is, but I know there weren’t two of them on Noah’s Ark.’

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

I wouldn't say God couldn't have got out of it, but he'd have had to throw it.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer

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

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