If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
BOBBY JONESYou swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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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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You are not playing a human adversary; you a playing a game. You are playing old man par.
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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.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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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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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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In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.
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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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Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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