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 CRENSHAWI 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.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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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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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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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
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I had a few miracles happen out there today.
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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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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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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 feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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I’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.
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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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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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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.
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