Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 5)

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

Most people play a fair game of golf… if you watch them.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

When the ducks are walking, you know it is too windy to be playing golf.

American professional golfer

Hole-In-One: An occurrence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole on a single shot by a golfer playing alone.

This is a game of misses; the guy who misses the best is going to win.

American professional golfer

Some weeks Nick likes to use Fanny, other weeks he prefers to do it by himself.

sports commentator

Golf without mistakes is like watching haircuts.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

I’m hitting the woods just great, but I’m having a terrible time getting out of them.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

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

You can make a lot of money in this game; just ask my ex-wives; both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster

Why ask me? You've asked me two times already and paid no atention to what I said. So pick your own goddam club!

Never putt until the cup stops moving.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet

The worst golf shots always occur when playing with someone you are trying to impress.

Show me a man who is a good loser and I’ll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

What goes up must come down.  But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I’d spent about half the day in the woods.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

Playing with your spouse on the golf course runs almost as great a marital risk as getting caught playing with someone else's anywhere else.

golf journalist