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.
BOBBY JONESOn the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the hero of unbelievable melodrama, or the clown in a side-splitting comedy.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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 people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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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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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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You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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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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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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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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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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