Golfing Idioms and Quotes

[golfchief]

I always play in the 70's, any hotter I just stay home.....Bob Hope

[teece31]

When I pull a shot, I yell: "get left! get left!" ...same with a push.
Leaving a putt short: "got the club stuck in your dress?" "got the club stuck in your bra strap?"
When you're playing and someone says to you "nice shot!" you say "I know."
There's a bunch of them...

[ChiChiIsMe]

Rather than start a new post, I'll just top this old one!

Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five. ~Paul Harvey

[Guest]

"What a terrible round. I only hit two good balls all day and that was when I stepped on a rake in a bunker." — Lee Trevino

"Get there." - Swingers [For those who haven't seen the movie, this is a really funny scene. I use this one whenever I chip way short and it's obvious that the ball has no chance of running where I want it. Also funny when you overshoot.]

[perlguy9]

"Be the ball" - Ty Webb
"Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them." - Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy

[dr_faustus]

Random 4th after putting out- "Geez, another falcon."
Me - "Huh?"
4th -"Friggin' Maltese Falcon. Had a birdie putt, wound up with a bogie."

I try to use it as little as possible.

[ChiChiIsMe]

You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life. ~Grantland Rice

[goblue107501]

I read this in a magazine or heard it in an interview, and I think it was Tiger that said it but I could be wrong. Anytime you outdrive your playing partner by a bunch -

"Did you hear about the new (insert large building here ~ Wal-Mart, Sears, hotel, etc.) that their building in town?"

"No, where?"

"There building it in-between your ball and my ball."

[Shindig]

As long as we're appending, I'll remind everyone of the Peter Pan rule: "Think happy thoughts." I said that Monday on the 17th and caused a playing partner to laugh up to and including when he hit his par putt, which he sank.

[murdock_]

no happy gilmore quotes yet?

"you just hit that guy!" "he shouldnt have been standin' there!"

i usually go to my happy place when i need a shot

[ChiChiIsMe]

If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. ~Dean Martin

[Andy_Mac]

Ones I use all the time (Thanks, Happy Gilmore!)

Just give it a little tappy

Why wont you go to your home!


Non-Happy favorite... on a shorted putt: Nice shot... next time, though, try using your putter instead of your purse.

[ChiChiIsMe]

A golf ball is like a clock. Always hit it at 6 o'clock and make it go toward 12 o'clock. But make sure you're in the same time zone. ~Chi Chi Rodriguez

[OrlandoGolfBlogger]

A guy I played with on Wednesday. He hits his tee shot and it rolls through the fairway into a stream on the right. He manages to find his ball gets it, drops it and hits on and putts out. My friend asks if he got a 5. He said "no a 3, they should've never put that water there, its unfair."

Hahaha, I love it!

[ChiChiIsMe]

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. ~Sam Snead

[shredfit]

My golf league partner(super funny guy) came up with a couple yesterday while playing league.

1) A 3-4ft putt that lips out and rolls 3-4ft past the hole is refered to as a "sergio".

2) Hitting a great drive in the fairway, then hitting the GIR to within 20ft... and three putting for a bogey 5 is refered to as a "garcia".

He had me laughing so hard I could hardly play.

[ERC7.5]

"Hmm....what kept that one out?" - I've heard plenty of this one.
"Line is important, but speed is key" - putt that is on line but comes up short or is blasted past the hole.
or
"Speed is important, but the line is key" - putt that has good speed/distance but is way off line.

[ChiChiIsMe]

Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt. ~Jack Nicklaus, on why he tees his ball high.