Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.
BOBBY JONESThe ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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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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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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No one ever swung too slowly.
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The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.
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You are not playing a human adversary; you a playing a game. You are playing old man par.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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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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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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Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.
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