Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
BOBBY JONESJack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He’s a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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I think that (Alister) MacKenzie and I managed to work as a completely sympathetic team. Of course there was never any question that he was the architect and I was the advisor and consultant.
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No one ever swung too slowly.
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If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games.
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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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