Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 2)

I play in the low 80's. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

You should always throw a club ahead of you so that you don’t have to walk any extra distance to get it.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Win and you are the superior being in all the universe; lose, and may the fleas of a million rodents, infect your every orifice.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off; I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of golf, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

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


When you hear someone shout "You da man" – if he ain't shouting at Arnold Palmer, then it ain't da man. 

newspaper sports columnist

I used to play golf with a guy who cheated so badly that he once had a hole in one and wrote down zero on his scorecard.

professional golfer

He told me just to keep the ball low.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Most people play a fair game of golf… if you watch them.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

The main problem with keeping your eye on the ball is you have to take your eye off your opponent.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

A professional will tell you the amount of flex you need in the shaft of your club. The more the flex, the more strength you will need to break the thing over your knees.

I’m hitting the woods just great, but I’m having a terrible time getting out of them.

(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

There are two things that won’t last long in this world – dogs that chase cars and pros that putt for pars.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes.

(1927 – ) British journalist & author

A good one iron shot is about as easy to come by as an understanding wife.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

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

professional golfer

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

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

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

(1942 – ) American professional golfer