Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
BOBBY JONESToo much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.
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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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Doesn’t it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?
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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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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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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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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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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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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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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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