Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 6)

What's the point of washing off your ball when teeing off on a water hole?

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

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

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Do I have to know rules and all that crap? Then forget it.

professional golfer

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt… the rest can never be mastered.

(1946 – ) British politician

Golf is not a game, it’s bondage; it was obviously devised by a man torn with guilt, eager to atone for his sins.

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

American professional golfer

I’m not feeling very well – I need a doctor immediately; ring the nearest golf course.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

If you watch a game, it’s fun; if you play it, it’s recreation; if you work at it, it’s golf.

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

The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off; I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place… but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

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

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

Where I play, the greens always break toward the bar.

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Those who the gods seek to destroy first, learn how to play golf.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

I think they just got through marinating the greens.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I hit it straight, it's a miracle.

American professional golfer

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

sports commentator