Golf is a game of coordination, rhythm, and grace; women have these to a high degree.
BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIASThey say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there’s not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It’s the toughest game I ever tackled.
More Babe Didrikson Zaharias Quotes
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I don’t seem able to do my best unless I’m behind or in trouble.
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I expect to play golf until I am 90-even longer if anybody figures out a way to swing a club from a rocking chair.
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The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.
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A couple of hours of practice is worth ten sloppy rounds.
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There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole ‘humblin’ business.’ At other times, she wouldn’t trade places with a queen-that’s when the shots are long and true, and putts are dropping.
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You can’t win them all but you can try.
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I played many sports, but when that golf bug hit me, it was permanent.
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I couldn’t hit an elephant’s ass with a bull fiddle.
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Don’t worry. Just leave everything in the hands of God.
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You know when there’s a star, like in show business, the star has her name in lights on the marquee! Right? And the star gets themoney because the people come to see the star, right? Well, I’m the star, and all of you are in the chorus.
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I don’t see any point in playing the game if you don’t win, do you?
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Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.
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The Babe is here. Who’s coming in second?
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The mediocre golfer generally is one who is too lazy to play better.
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Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.
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