Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 10)

The worst golf shots always occur when playing with someone you are trying to impress.

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

You drive for show, but putt for dough.

South African professional golfer

They christened their game ‘golf’ because they were Scottish and reveled in meaningless Celtic noises in the back of the throat.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

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

If you pick up a golfer and hold it close to your ear, like a conch shell, and listen, you will hear an alibi.

My best score ever was 103. But I've only been playing fifteen years.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball.

(1926 – ) professional bowler

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.

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.

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

I was so bad at it, [golf] they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I’d spent about half the day in the woods.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I don’t fear death, but I sure don’t like those three-footers for par.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything would be perfect.

(1933 – ) American professional golfer

In golf, I'm one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush…

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.

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

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

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet

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

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

Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.

American professional golfer

The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer