It’s emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it’s a tough decision. It’s probably easier for some, like me. But I’m just going to try to take it in stride. It’s part of life.
BEN CRENSHAWA good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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But, if you miss (the supposedly easy pin) by just a little bit, you’re looking at the next putt from 30 feet. The ball just rolls away.
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I know most players do, but I always keep both eyes opened. I still do it. I see two shafts, the real one and the transparent one. I look for what’s on the inside edge of the transparent one
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
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A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
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Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.
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My golf game’s gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.
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I had a few miracles happen out there today.
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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I’d lost my faithful ally. I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t get the loss out of my mind. It was like discovering that someone in my family had died.
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This is happening all over the world. It’s not just this golf course. Hopefully, if it stays dry, it will let a few more people in (contention). If it gets wet, though, there’s only a few people where it’s attainable.
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If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.
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