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 CRENSHAWA good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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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
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Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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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.
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I know most players do, but I always keep both eyes opened. I still do it. I see two shafts, the real one and the transparent one. I look for what’s on the inside edge of the transparent one
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I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.
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A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.
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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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I had a few miracles happen out there today.
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Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
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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.
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I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
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