Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 2)

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

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

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf.

(1866 – 1946) English author

The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie – and an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark…

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

They are like hot air dryers in public lavatories. They are a good idea, but take too long.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

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

I played golf. I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. … you're supposed to yell, Fore! but I was too busy yelling, “There ain't no way that's gonna hit him!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can’t improve your lie.

(1928 – ) Armenian American politician

I know I’m getting better at golf because I’m hitting fewer spectators.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

Anglo-Irish golfer

There are two reasons for making a hole in one; the first is that it is immensely labor-saving.

I figured out why they took out 8,000 trees at Oakmont. It's so people won't hang themselves.

professional golf caddie

I don’t enjoy playing video golf because there’s nothing to throw.

American professional golfer

God said to Faldo, as He once said to Nicklaus, "You will have the skills like no other." Then he whispered to Ballesteros, as he whispered to Palmer, "But they will love you more."

American sportswriter

90% of the putts that are short don’t go in.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Chip Shot: A short, low approach shot that gets a player into position for one or more missed puts.

Those trees seem to grow every year…

British professional golfer & commentator

Sam Snead was born with a natural ability to keep his bar bills as low as his golf scores.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it’s open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

You never had to ask his score; just count the casualties.

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

On a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating… the other 20 percent lied.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist