Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 17)

What goes up must come down.  But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

Man blames most accidents on fate – but feels a more personal responsibility when he makes a hole-in-one on the golf course.

Dead Golfer Plays His Best Round

I’ve had a good day when I don’t fall out of the cart.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

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

Drive: A shot that comes after the whiff and before the mulligan.

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

I’m a golfer – not an athlete.

professional golfer

I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Real golfers, no matter what the provocation, never strike a caddie with the driver; the sand wedge is far more effective.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child; just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

[The ball] came out like a dead mouse from a cornfield.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I don’t think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

professional golfer & commentator

You can talk to a fade but a hook won’t listen.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

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

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

If God wants to produce the ideal golfer then He should create a being with a set of unequal arms and likewise legs, an elbow-free left arm, knees which hinge sideways and a ribless torso from which emerges, at an angle of 45 degrees, a stretched neck fitted with one color-blind eye stuck firmly on the left side.

golf author

I play in the low 80's. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

He's hit more balls than Elton John's chin.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The number one thing about trouble is… don't get into more.

American professional golfer