Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 11)

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing at you.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

American professional golfer

The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie – and an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark…

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

Watching Phil Mickelson play golf is like watching a drunk chasing a balloon near the edge of a cliff.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I played golf with a priest the other day. He shot par-par-par-par-par. Finally I said to him, "Father, if you're playing golf like this you haven't been saving many souls lately.”

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

That was a great shot – if they’d put the pin there today.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Never break your putter and your driver in the same round or you're dead.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

There is no movement in the golf swing so difficult that it cannot be made even more difficult by careful study and diligent practice.

Anglo-Irish golfer

A golf ball is like a clock; always hit it at 6 o’clock and make it go toward 12 o’clock… but make sure you’re in the same time zone.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

On a golf course, Jack had the hands of a violinist; that was fair, because as a violinist, Jack had the hands of a golfer.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Golf: A pastime that gives people cooped up in the office all week a chance to lie and cheat outdoors.

He plays just like a union man… he negotiates the final score.

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

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

I’m having problems with my putting; but it’s the puttee, not the putter.

professional golfer

They look like two lobsters trying to mate.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

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.

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

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

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

If you’re caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron; not even God can hit a 1-iron.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Golf isn’t a game, it’s a choice that one makes with one’s life.

screenwriter & producer