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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.

Bobby Jones

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.
BOBBY JONES

Basketball Golf Sports
On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the hero of unbelievable melodrama, or the clown in a side-splitting comedy.
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Fate Golf Hero
I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.
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Games Golf Play
As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
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Balls Hurt Thinking
Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.
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Games Golf People
Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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Golf Littles Play
Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
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Different Familiar Games
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.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Long Men
Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Ambition Golf Much Too
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.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Men Team
Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Fighting Muscles Strive
I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Lonely People
If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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Advice Caddies Golf
Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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Golf Play Shade
The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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Beats Golf Object
If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
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Eight Feet Golf

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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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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