There isn’t a hole out there [Augusta] that can’t be birdied if you just think. But there isn’t one that can’t be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.
BOBBY JONESGolf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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No one ever swung too slowly.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.
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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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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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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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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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