It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
BOBBY JONESNicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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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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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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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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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.
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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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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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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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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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Doesn’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?
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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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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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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