Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
BOBBY JONESGolf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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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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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses 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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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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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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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.
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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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