Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 15)

I like to play in the low 70′s… if it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!

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

I played golf. I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. … you're supposed to yell, Fore! but I was too busy yelling, “There ain't no way that's gonna hit him!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

A golf swing is a collection of corrected mistakes.

American professional golfer

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything.

American writer

For those who know golf, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

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

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

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

The woods are full of long drivers.

American golf professional & coach

Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.

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

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

It's not whether you win or lose – but whether I win or lose!

professional golfer

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

I’m hitting the woods just great, but I’m having a terrible time getting out of them.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

The least thing upsets him on the links; he missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

You drive for show, but putt for dough.

South African professional golfer

Don Quixote would understand golf. It is the impossible dream.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.

American professional golfer

John Daly's longer than Greg Norman… he’s even longer than War and Peace.

American sports columnist

As an intellectual, he bestowed upon the games of golf and bridge all the enthusiasm and perseverance that he withheld from his books and ideas.

(1920 – 1982) foreign bureau chief, editor & speechwriter

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

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet