Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
BOBBY JONESNicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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There isn’t a hole out there [Augusta] that can’t be birdied if you just think. But there isn’t one that can’t be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.
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Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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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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Doesn’t it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?
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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 will tell you privately it’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse all the time, but don’t fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let’s not talk about this, ever again.
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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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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.
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It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
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One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves struggling year after year with faults we had discovered and corrected time and again.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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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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