It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
BOBBY JONESOne reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves struggling year after year with faults we had discovered and corrected time and again.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the hero of unbelievable melodrama, or the clown in a side-splitting comedy.
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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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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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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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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.
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One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves struggling year after year with faults we had discovered and corrected time and again.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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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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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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 emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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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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