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.
BOBBY JONESFight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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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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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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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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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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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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Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.
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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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He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success.
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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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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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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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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