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
BEN CRENSHAWI’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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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 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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It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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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 have felt terribly from the beginning when I saw the problems and recognized that they would be ongoing. We were hired to put back the contours of the greens as closely as possible to George Thomas’s designs and were real proud of what we did. It’s a sad situation now.
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I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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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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The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
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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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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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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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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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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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