Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 16)

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

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Stroke-Of-Luck: Hole-in-One.

Fairway: A narrow strip of closely mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

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

As if we don’t have enough violence on television.

(1925 – 2018) U.S. first lady, wife of George H. W. Bush

It looks like a one armed man trying to wrestle a snake in a phone booth.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Yeah, after each of my downhill putts.

professional golfer

What’s nice about the Senior Tour, is you can’t remember your bad shots.

professional golfer

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name… and they say golf is a quiet game.

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

American professional golfer

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

I've thought about buying those new, long distance balls, but I wonder, what's the point of hitting golf balls even further out of bounds?

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

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

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

We learn so many things from golf – how to suffer, for instance.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66

My golf is improving… yesterday I hit the ball in one!