Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 5)

I used to go to the driving range to practice driving without slicing; now I go to the driving range to practice slicing without swearing.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Fairway: A narrow strip of closely mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

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

You never had to ask his score; just count the casualties.

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

That son of a bitch was able to hole a putt over sixty feet of peanut brittle.

American 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

It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.

professional golfer

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

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

Golf is essentially an exercise in masochism conducted out of doors.

Golf is not just a good walk ruined, it’s also the act of hitting things violently with a stick ruined.

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor

Congress

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Dr. Beeper: I thought you’d be the man to beat this year.

Ty Webb: I guess you’ll just have to keep beating yourself.

(1943 – ) American comedian, writer & actor

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

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Don Quixote would understand golf. It is the impossible dream.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

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

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

As if we don’t have enough violence on television.

(1925 – 2018) U.S. first lady, wife of George H. W. Bush

My game is so bad I gotta hire three caddies – one to walk the left rough, one for the right rough, and one down the middle. And the one down the middle doesn't have much to do.

American 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

No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.

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