Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 3)

For those who know golf, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

But if you figure in the wind chill factor, it’s only 102.

professional golfer

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president

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

(1928 – ) Armenian American politician

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.


(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

Retire to what?… I'm a golfer and a fisherman; there's nothing to retire to.

professional golfer

Stroke-Of-Luck: Hole-in-One.

Isn't it great to live in a society where the penalty for lying to a congressman can be up to 30 years in jail, but the penalty for a congressman lying to you is another two years in office.

(1955 – ) American sportswriter

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

novelist, screenwriter & businessman

Some people say I play erratic golf. What they mean is I frequently play lousy.

American professional golfer

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

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.

American sportswriter

80 percent of the balls that don’t reach the hole, don’t go in.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

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

(1942 – ) American 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

I try to play golf at least once a day.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

Fore: A golf bawl.

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

(1940 – ) professional golfer