Great golfing quotes

[9wood]

Whenever you come across a great golfing quote post it in this thread. I'll start with this quote

 

"Forget your opponents; always play against par." - Sam Snead

 

[Dave325]

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course... The distance between your ears - - - Bobby Jones

I add one more sentence to that... Unfortunately, my home course is filled with a lot of hazards.

 

[saevel25]

“A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don’t have the guts to try it.” — Phil Mickelson

“You can lay up when you’re dead.” — Freddie Bennett 

 

[Patch]

The most important shot in golf is your next one.

Hogan I think. 

[PEZGolf]

"Don't hurry. Don't worry. And don't forget to smell the flowers along the way!". Walter Hagen aka The Haig, from Rochester, NY

[inthehole]

Trevino ... "you can talk to a fade, but a hook won't listen"

[dbuck]

Mangled but:

"Golf is a frustrating effort to hit an illusive sphere into an even more illusive hole, with implements ill-designed for the purpose"

This has been attributed to several including Churchill, but I am not certain of the original author.

 

[natureboy]

Spoken tongue-in-cheeck as a true addicted hacker, I believe:

"Golf is a good walk...spoiled." - Mark Twain (attributed from anonymous original)

Edited January 4, 2016 by natureboy

[Lihu]

Here's a new one from Tom Brady when asked if Donald Trump cheats at golf:

"Nah," Brady said. "He just -- he doesn't lose. He just doesn't lose."

[Zeppage]

Said to me:

"Take six months off, then quit."

"You are standing too close to the golf course."

"Good contact."

[inthehole]

Ben Hogan - something akin to ... "be sure to slow down and enjoy your walk down the fairway of life, as you only get to play one round"

[jsgolfer]

"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies. "
- Bobby Jones

[9wood]

One golfer to another 

"The problem with your drive is you're standing to close to the ball ........... after you hit it"

[9wood]

"The proper score for a businessman golfer is 90. If he is better than that he is neglecting his business. If he's worse, he's neglecting his golf." -St Andrews Rotary Club Member

[imsys0042]

Someone once told me "you could be a really good player if you'd get your head out of your ass and ask for help".  Years later I listened.  

Otherwise, anything from Tin Cup, I love that movie.  

[ghalfaire]

"you should always hit the shot you can hit, not the one you think you ought to hit".  I think Dr.Parent in one of his books.

[BuckeyeNut]

It's always better to get pissed-off than to get pissed-on!  

-Sir buckeye nut-

[Toffeelover]

"I just try to put it on the fairway, then the green and not three putt."

Peter Thompson