Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 9)

I like to play in the low 70′s… if it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!

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

Handicap: An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

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

One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Retire to what?… I'm a golfer and a fisherman; there's nothing to retire to.

professional golfer

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

I wish I could play my normal game… just once.

Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good, unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off. 


(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

It’s not over yet.

British professional golfer & commentator

They say golf is like life, but don’t believe them; golf is more complicated than that.

(1927 – 1998) American professional golfer

If you break 100, watch your golf; if you break 80, watch your business.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Golf without mistakes is like watching haircuts.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two in your pocket.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

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

novelist, screenwriter & businessman

There is an old saying: If a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

I play in the low 80's. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

At 15 we put down my bag to hunt for a ball, found the ball, lost the bag.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

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

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If a caddie can help you, you don't know how to play golf.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

Golf has more rules than any other game, because golf has more cheaters than any other game.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

The good chip allows you to whistle while you walk in the dark alleys of golf.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer