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?
BOBBY JONESI can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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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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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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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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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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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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Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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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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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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