Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
BOBBY JONESThere 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.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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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 object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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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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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.
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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.
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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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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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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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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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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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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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