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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.

Bobby Jones

If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
BOBBY JONES

Advice Caddies Golf
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.
BOBBY JONES

Basketball Golf Sports
It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
BOBBY JONES

Games Golf Passion
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.
BOBBY JONES

Balls Hurt Thinking
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 JONES

Golf Men Team
Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Loses Winning
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.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Struggle Years
The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
BOBBY JONES

Beats Golf Object
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.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Order Winning
Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
BOBBY JONES

Different Familiar Games
If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
BOBBY JONES

Eight Feet Golf
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.
BOBBY JONES

Games Golf People
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.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Lying Play
The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
BOBBY JONES

Enemy Golf Tension
Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
BOBBY JONES

Clubs Golf Nobody
Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
BOBBY JONES

Golf Play Shade

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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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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