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.
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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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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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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I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.
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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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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 think that (Alister) MacKenzie and I managed to work as a completely sympathetic team. Of course there was never any question that he was the architect and I was the advisor and consultant.
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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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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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You are not playing a human adversary; you a playing a game. You are playing old man par.
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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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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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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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