There isn’t a hole out there [Augusta] that can’t be birdied if you just think. But there isn’t one that can’t be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.
BOBBY JONESGolf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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No one ever swung too slowly.
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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He’s a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.
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You are not playing a human adversary; you a playing a game. You are playing old man par.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.
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Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.
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As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
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If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
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