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.
BOBBY JONESYou might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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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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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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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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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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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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Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
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Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.
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Doesn’t it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?
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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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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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