Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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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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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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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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If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.
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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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If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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I 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.
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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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Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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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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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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