Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
BOBBY JONESGolf 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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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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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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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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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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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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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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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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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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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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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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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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