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Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

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

Someone once told me that there is more to life than golf… I think it was my ex-wife.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

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

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

Why am I using a new putter? Because the old one didn’t float too well.

American professional golfer

Win and you are the superior being in all the universe; lose, and may the fleas of a million rodents, infect your every orifice.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two in your pocket.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

I wouldn't trust him to sit on a toilet the right way.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap.

professional golfer

Golf is the loneliest of games, not excluding postal chess.

golf writer

A good one iron shot is about as easy to come by as an understanding wife.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

Never break your putter and your driver in the same round or you're dead.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

There are two things you can do with your head down– play golf and pray.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

This one'll slide down the hill like a greased piglet.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

If you pick up a golfer and hold it close to your ear, like a conch shell, and listen, you will hear an alibi.

It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and stare at the cart girl's tits all day if you are performing brain surgery.

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

Irish journalist & author

I was three over, one over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

(1953 – ) American baseball player

A business executive is someone who talks golf in the office and business on the golf course!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Golf, especially championship golf, isn't supposed to be fun, was never meant to be fair, and never will make any sense.

author

To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist