If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.
BOBBY JONESIt 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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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 object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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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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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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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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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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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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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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