Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 8)

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

In golf, humiliations are the essence of the game.

(1908 – 2004) British/American journalist, television personality & broadcaster

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

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

Absentee: A missing golfing peg.

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

I wouldn't say God couldn't have got out of it, but he'd have had to throw it.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer

"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf; the other is "Wear it if it clashes."

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

He's hit more balls than Elton John's chin.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

(1925 – 2001) actor & musician

You know what they say about big hitters… the woods are full of them.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

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

I don’t enjoy playing video golf because there’s nothing to throw.

American professional golfer

A woman I know is engaged to a real golf nut.  They are supposed to get married next Saturday…but only if it rains.

[tees off] Fore! [his ball hits Judge Smails in the crotch] … I should have yelled, “Two!”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

There are two reasons for making a hole in one; the first is that it is immensely labor-saving.

Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

This one'll slide down the hill like a greased piglet.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball; I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

(1934 – ) American baseball player