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 CRENSHAWIt’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
-
-
I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
BEN CRENSHAW -
As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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.
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 -
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 -
I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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 -
Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
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 -
Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
BEN CRENSHAW -
A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.
BEN CRENSHAW -
The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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 -
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
BEN CRENSHAW