Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 3)

I never knew what top golf was like until I turned professional… then it was too late.

American professional golfer

Golf is my real profession – show business pays my greens fees.

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

There are two things that won’t last long in this world – dogs that chase cars and pros that putt for pars.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

The great thing about golf – and this is the reason why a lot of health experts like me recommend it – you can drink beer and ride in a cart while you play.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

One under a tree, one under a bush, one under the water.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

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

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

Irish journalist & author

Golf is just a game – and an idiotic game most of the time.

American professional golfer

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name… and they say golf is a quiet game.

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula… and it took a 7 to do that.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

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

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

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.

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

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

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

At least he can’t cheat on his score because all you have to do is look back down the fairway and count the wounded.

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

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author