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.
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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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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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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You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.
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The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
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It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
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I enjoy Augusta. I enjoy its challenges. There’s no other golf course like this anywhere. Its greens and its challenges on and around the greens are just super, super tough. So the greens are fun to play in sort of a morbid way
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I’m going to leave y’all with one thought. I’m a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.
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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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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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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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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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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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I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.
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Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
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