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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.

Ben Crenshaw

My golf game’s gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.
BEN CRENSHAW

Couple Fishing Golf
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

Heart Loss Sleep
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

Golf Reason World
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

Fun Golf Play
The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
BEN CRENSHAW

Feel Games Golf
A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
BEN CRENSHAW

Golf Play Shoes
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

Ball Feet Missing
I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
BEN CRENSHAW

Golf Missing Secret
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.
BEN CRENSHAW

Games Golf Integrity
The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
BEN CRENSHAW

Country Masterpiece Thinking
Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
BEN CRENSHAW

Mean Player Wise
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.
BEN CRENSHAW

Design Ongoing Real White
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

Golf Sports Winning
As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
BEN CRENSHAW

Golfers Like Racks You
I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.
BEN CRENSHAW

Day One Thinking Winning
I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
BEN CRENSHAW

Feels Tournament Won

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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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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