Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 8)

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

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I just stood there watching him walk past and thinking, ‘I don’t know what that is, but I know there weren’t two of them on Noah’s Ark.’

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
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I've thrown or broken a few clubs in my day. In fact, I guess at one time or another I probably held distance records for every club in the bag.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer
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Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer
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Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

Golf Sports

If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf.

golf writer
Characteristics Golf Sports

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Activities Golf Sports

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

Golf Sports

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

novelist, screenwriter & businessman
Clothing Golf Sports

Notices are appearing at courses telling golfers not to lick their balls on the green.

Golf Sports

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

Golf Sports

I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything would be perfect.

(1933 – ) American professional golfer
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I don't have anywhere to put my elbows when I putt now.

professional golfer
Golf Sports

Man blames most accidents on fate – but feels a more personal responsibility when he makes a hole-in-one on the golf course.

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Golf Misspokements Sports

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth; it is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
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My clubs are well used, but unfortunately not used well.

Golf Sports

One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball.

(1926 – ) professional bowler
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Retire to what?… I'm a golfer and a fisherman; there's nothing to retire to.

professional golfer
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These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer
Golf Sports

If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

Anglo-Irish golfer
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