Nothing increases your golf score like witnesses.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.
I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.
Golf, like measles, should be caught young.
It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits, but I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
We learn so many things from golf- how to suffer, for instance.
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.
They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
They say "practice" makes perfect " Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection.
Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law.
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
He's as good at his age as Jack (Nicklaus) was, and look at what Jack has done in the gime of golf. That's the highest praise I can give anyone, to compare him to Jack Nicklaus.
Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.
They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.
I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.