Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
BOBBY JONESGolf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
BOBBY JONESToo much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
BOBBY JONESCompetitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
BOBBY JONESI 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.
BOBBY JONESJack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
BOBBY JONESSome people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
BOBBY JONESI 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.
BOBBY JONESIn 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.
BOBBY JONESNobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
BOBBY JONESSome emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
BOBBY JONESAs 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.
BOBBY JONESIf ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
BOBBY JONESFight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
BOBBY JONESGolf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.
BOBBY JONESDoesn’t it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?
BOBBY JONESIf I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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