Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 10)

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

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt… the rest can never be mastered.

(1946 – ) British politician

Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster

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

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

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author

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

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

The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can’t improve your lie.

(1928 – ) Armenian American politician

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

golf writer

Bogey: The number of strokes needed to finish a hole by a golfer of average skill and above-average honesty.

Isn't it fun to go out on the course and lie in the sun?

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

Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

A golf ball is like a clock. Always hit it at six o'clock and make it go toward twelve o'clock. But make sure you're in the same time zone.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

For most amateurs, the best wood in the bag… the pencil!

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican 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

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

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

He's hit more balls than Elton John's chin.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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.

We have fifty-one golf courses in Palm Springs; he (Gerald Ford) never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.

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