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

golf writer

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

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

American professional golfer

The score a player reports on any hole should always be regarded as his opening offer.

Anglo-Irish golfer

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

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

A woman I know is engaged to a real golf nut.  They are supposed to get married next Saturday…but only if it rains.

I don’t fear death, but I sure don’t like those three-footers for par.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

The proper score for a businessman golfer is 90. If he is better than that he is neglecting his business. If he's worse, he's neglecting his golf.

The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes.

(1927 – ) British journalist & author

Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit the little ball; only the part where you drive the cart.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Four-letter Word: Par for the coarse.

The rest of the field.

American professional golfer

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

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims that he plays the game merely for exercise.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

In golf, I'm one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush…

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

That son of a bitch was able to hole a putt over sixty feet of peanut brittle.

American professional golfer

Businessman: One who talks golf all morning at the office, and business all afternoon on the links.

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

author

I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.

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