Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 12)

Around a clubhouse they'll tell you even God has to practice his putting. In fact, even Nicklaus does.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

I'd like to see the fairways more narrow; then everybody would have to play from the rough, not just me.

Spanish professional golfer

I know you can be fined for throwing a club, but I want to know if you can get fined for throwing a caddie?

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Once bitten, it is akin to having your neck punctured in Transylvania… there is no known antidote.

golf course architect

The good chip allows you to whistle while you walk in the dark alleys of golf.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Absentee: A missing golfing peg.

Half of golf is fun; the other half is putting.

golf writer

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Golf is like love. One day you think you are too old and the next day you want to do it again.

Argentinian professional golfer

Golf balls are attracted to water as unerringly as the eye of a middle-aged man to a female bosom.

(1927 – ) British journalist & author

At 15 we put down my bag to hunt for a ball, found the ball, lost the bag.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

That one is so far right Michael Moore could make a documentary about it.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

Anglo-Irish golfer

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

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

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

Golf… is the infallible test; the man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

This is a game of misses; the guy who misses the best is going to win.

American professional golfer

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced.

(1942 – ) American professional 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