Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 3)

It's not whether you win or lose – but whether I win or lose!

professional golfer

Golf is a game in which the ball lies poorly and the players well.

(1912 – 2003) American sports writer

Tee your ball high… the air offers less resistance than dirt.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

If God wants to produce the ideal golfer then He should create a being with a set of unequal arms and likewise legs, an elbow-free left arm, knees which hinge sideways and a ribless torso from which emerges, at an angle of 45 degrees, a stretched neck fitted with one color-blind eye stuck firmly on the left side.

golf author

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Isn't it fun to go out on the course and lie in the sun?

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

I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.

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

Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag, and squinty eyes.

professional golfer

That putt had more breaks than a government job.

golf writer

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

author

Any guy who would pass up a chance to see Sam Snead play golf would pull the shades driving past the Taj Mahal.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Around a clubhouse they'll tell you even God has to practice his putting. In fact, even Nicklaus does.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66

In golf, humiliations are the essence of the game.

(1908 – 2004) British/American journalist, television personality & broadcaster

You can, legally, possibly hit and kill a fellow golfer with a ball, and there will not be a lot of trouble because the other golfers will refuse to stop and be witnesses, because they will want to keep playing.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

If you could eliminate the occasional bad shot you would be the first person to do so.

American professional golfer

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.

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

The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music.

I wouldn't say God couldn't have got out of it, but he'd have had to throw it.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer

Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.

American professional golfer