Subject: Sports » Golf (Page 9)

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

Irish journalist & author

If he slices the budget like he slices a (golf) ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.

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

Isn't it great to live in a society where the penalty for lying to a congressman can be up to 30 years in jail, but the penalty for a congressman lying to you is another two years in office.

(1955 – ) American sportswriter

The older you get the stronger the wind gets… and it's always in your face.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

Golf: An ineffectual attempt to direct an uncontrollable sphere into an inaccessible hole with instruments ill-adapted to the purpose.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.

American professional golfer

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

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

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims that he plays the game merely for exercise.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

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

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

I don't think he'd even be happy with ice cream right now.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

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

My best score ever was 103. But I've only been playing fifteen years.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

That was a great shot – if they’d put the pin there today.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Once bitten, it is akin to having your neck punctured in Transylvania… there is no known antidote.

golf course architect

Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

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

(1926 – ) professional bowler

Handicapped Golfer: The man playing his boss.