In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
BOBBY JONESDoesn’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?
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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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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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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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.
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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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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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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
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