Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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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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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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