Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
BEN CRENSHAWAs a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
-
-
A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
BEN CRENSHAW -
It’s emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it’s a tough decision. It’s probably easier for some, like me. But I’m just going to try to take it in stride. It’s part of life.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I’m going to leave y’all with one thought. I’m a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I’d lost my faithful ally. I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t get the loss out of my mind. It was like discovering that someone in my family had died.
BEN CRENSHAW -
As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.
BEN CRENSHAW -
But, if you miss (the supposedly easy pin) by just a little bit, you’re looking at the next putt from 30 feet. The ball just rolls away.
BEN CRENSHAW -
Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
BEN CRENSHAW -
The reason the Road Hole at St. Andrews is the most difficult par 4 in the world is that it was designed as a par 6.
BEN CRENSHAW -
It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
BEN CRENSHAW -
If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.
BEN CRENSHAW -
This is happening all over the world. It’s not just this golf course. Hopefully, if it stays dry, it will let a few more people in (contention). If it gets wet, though, there’s only a few people where it’s attainable.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I enjoy Augusta. I enjoy its challenges. There’s no other golf course like this anywhere. Its greens and its challenges on and around the greens are just super, super tough. So the greens are fun to play in sort of a morbid way
BEN CRENSHAW