You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
BOBBY JONESThe 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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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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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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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As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
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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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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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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 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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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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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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Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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