The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
BOBBY JONESThe object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He’s a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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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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A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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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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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 nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
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In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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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 the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.
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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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Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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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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