Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 18)

If you’d offered me a 69 at the start this morning I’d have been all over you.

Scottish professional golfer

At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies; with experience, he covers up with better ones.

That ball is so far left Lassie couldn’t find it if it was wrapped in bacon.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Always remember: golf clubs don’t float.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets… and it's always in your face.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

If you think golf is relaxing, you're not playing it right.

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

Obviously a deer on the fairway has seen you tee off before and knows that the safest place to be when you play is right down the middle.

(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

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

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball; I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

(1934 – ) American baseball player

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf.

golf writer

Congress

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

While playing golf today I hit two good balls… I stepped on a rake.

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

His nerves, his memory… and I can’t remember the third thing.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

I used to go to the driving range to practice driving without slicing; now I go to the driving range to practice slicing without swearing.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Golf giveth and golf taketh away, but it taketh away a hell of a lot more than it giveth.

South African professional golfer

The Royal Hong Kong Club caddies hit the nail on the head; their term for golf – "Hittee ball, say damn."

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place… but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

A well-adjusted man is one who can play golf as if it were a game.

The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting, just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter