Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
BOBBY JONESThe ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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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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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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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
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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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In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.
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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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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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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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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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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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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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