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Who listens to golfers? They're boring. If I want to wear camouflage on the golf course during a tournament, I will. And I have.
Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.
The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.
Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.
I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.
Hole in One: an occurence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole in a single shot by a golfer playing alone.
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
Golf and women are a lot alike. You know you are not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can't resist the impulse.
The number eighteen is symbolically meaningful because it is the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew word chai, which means life.
The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
I'm a thirty-something ranch wife, mother of four, moderately agoraphobic middle child who grew up on a golf course in the city.
This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.
To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget.
Tiger, come on now, you've still got work to do. This round and golf tournament are not over. Hang in there and finish the race.
You win all the Tucsons, all the Kemps, all the Iron City Opens you can, nobody remembers. You win a Masters, nobody ever forgets
It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids.
I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop.
When one thinks of golf and Scotland, the first thing that comes to mind is usually St. Andrews, especially the famed Old Course.
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine.
I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy.
All of a sudden I'm an expert on everything. Interviewers want your opinion on golf, foreign policy and even the price of peanuts.
Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story
If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.
From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.
Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy.
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.
The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.
Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
I've lost balls in every hazard and on every course I've tried. But when I lose a ball in the ball washer, it's time to take stock.
My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know.
Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.
Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress.
I don't mind hitting the ball bad, but when I feel like I've hit the ball pretty good for four days and shoot an 81, it's not golf.
Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.
I don't follow golf! I don't keep up with golf or know who is coming or going. I am just here to play the game and be done with it.
The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.
I'm not very good at practice. But if you tell yourself you love the hole and love hitting it on the fairway, it's a big difference.
We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.
There's not much pressure on the golf Tour. Walking to the first tee is in no way comparable to walking through the jungle in combat
I'd been told there are 10 difficult holes and eight impossible ones. I'm still trying to work out which the 10 difficult holes are.
He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes to its maximum only to the man who has given up golf.
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.