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.
BOBBY JONESAs 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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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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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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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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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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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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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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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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