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 JONESA 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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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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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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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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There isn’t a hole out there [Augusta] that can’t be birdied if you just think. But there isn’t one that can’t be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.
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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 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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If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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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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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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