Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 3)

That was a great shot – if they’d put the pin there today.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

You know what they say about big hitters… the woods are full of them.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

My golf is improving… yesterday I hit the ball in one!

I can airmail the golf ball, but sometimes I don't put the right address on it.

American professional golfer

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

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

Columbus went around the world in 1492; that isn’t a lot of strokes when you consider the course.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

The point is that it doesn't matter if you look like a beast before or after the hit, as long as you look like a beauty at the moment of impact.

Spanish professional golfer

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

Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

You know you’re getting old when you start watching golf on TV and enjoying it.

(1953 – ) American comedian, actor, voice artist, & columnist

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

Scottish professional golfer

Yes, golf can be taught – it’s just that it can’t be learned.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

On a golf course, Jack had the hands of a violinist; that was fair, because as a violinist, Jack had the hands of a golfer.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

The main problem with keeping your eye on the ball is you have to take your eye off your opponent.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

The safest place would be in the fairway.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

A golf swing is a collection of corrected mistakes.

American professional golfer

The niblick, with its heavy head of iron, is a capital club for knocking down solicitors.

They're why the Hubble telescope is pointed away from the earth.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

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