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.
BOBBY JONESI 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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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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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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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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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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Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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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 assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.
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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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As 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.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.
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