Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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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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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Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.
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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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Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
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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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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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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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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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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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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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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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The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.
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