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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.

Bobby Jones

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 Long Men
Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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Golf Kind Play
Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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Golf Play Shade
He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success.
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Appreciate Disappointment Golf
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.
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Golf Holes Thinking
If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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Chosen Golf Nowhere Place
Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Inspirational Sports Thinking
No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games.
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Games Golf Men
You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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Golf Swings Thinking
In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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Golf Important Play
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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Games Golf People
I think that (Alister) MacKenzie and I managed to work as a completely sympathetic team. Of course there was never any question that he was the architect and I was the advisor and consultant.
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Golf Men Team
I will tell you privately it’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse all the time, but don’t fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let’s not talk about this, ever again.
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Golf Lying Play
The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Exercise Golf Golfers
You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
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Golf Men might
I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.
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Games Golf Play

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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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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