Subject: Sports » Golf

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name… and they say golf is a quiet game.

We learn so many things from golf – how to suffer, for instance.

(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

One under a tree, one under a bush, one under the water.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

80 percent of the balls that don’t reach the hole, don’t go in.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Any guy who would pass up a chance to see Sam Snead play golf would pull the shades driving past the Taj Mahal.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

It's like an octopus falling out of a tree.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

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

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.

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

Stroke: Any forward movement of the golf club that is made with the intention of hitting and moving the ball and is observed by another golfer.

His golf bag does not contain a full set of irons.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

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

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf.

(1866 – 1946) English author

Golf is just a game – and an idiotic game most of the time.

American professional golfer

Obviously a deer on the fairway has seen you tee off before and knows that the safest place to be when you play is right down the middle.

(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and stare at the cart girl's tits all day if you are performing brain surgery.

Those who the gods seek to destroy first, learn how to play golf.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf.

golf writer