The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
BEN CRENSHAWI don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
-
-
I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I had a 15th club in my bag.
BEN CRENSHAW -
The reason the Road Hole at St. Andrews is the most difficult par 4 in the world is that it was designed as a par 6.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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.
BEN CRENSHAW -
I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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 CRENSHAW -
As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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
BEN CRENSHAW -
Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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.
BEN CRENSHAW -
A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
BEN CRENSHAW -
The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
BEN CRENSHAW -
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.
BEN CRENSHAW