Famous Quotes & Sayings

A. P. Herbert

My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He waves his club at me. Well, let him wave-the sky is blue; Go on, old ball, we are but two-We may be down in three, Or nine-or ten-or twenty-five-It matters not; to be alive, Is good enough for me.

Aaron Baddeley

Once you have your practice and you have your mechanics, you must be able to go out there and trust your mechanics.

I tell people retirement isn't what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix.

Zach Johnson

I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that.

Those are some great golfers who spent a lot of time on our courses.

Joe Walsh

We'll have first-aid golf carts outfitted so you can lay people on a stretcher, just like we had at the old stadium.

We'll have 250 golfers trying to get into this year's tournament.

We don't have any matches down there. We're just going to play golf.

Fred Couples

When you see her hit a golf ball, nothing prepares you for it. It's just the scariest thing you have ever seen.

Alan Hansen

I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.

David Leadbetter

Is there such a thing as a technically perfect swing? If there is, I have yet to see it.

David Leadbetter

Your final goal is to convert your athletic swing to pure instinct rather than conscious thought.

Dave Barry

I like golf because you can be really terrible at it, and still not look much dorkier than anybody else.

Dave Barry

You can, legally, possibly hit and kill a fellow golfer with a ball, and there will not be a lot of trouble because the other golfers will refuse to stop and be witnesses because they will want to keep playing.

Dave Barry

If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will. If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%? In Africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries. Anthropologists call this a form of primitive self-expression. In America we call it golf.

Dave Barry

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.

Dave Barry

Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit the little ball; only the part where you drive the cart.

Buddy Hackett

Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a little golfer on it.

Catherine Hardwicke

People are more likely to help other people who look exactly like them. They will hang out at the bar and on the golf course with them.

Bryan Clay

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.

David Duval

I know the other side. I know what awful golf is.

David Duval

It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85.

David Duval

When I'm swinging well, nobody hits the golf ball any better than I do.

David Duval

You do what you need to if you're serious about playing great golf.

David Duval

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf.

David Brenner

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper.

Arnold Palmer

I love America. I wanted to play golf.

Arnold Palmer

All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.

Arnold Palmer

I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.

Arnold Palmer

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

Arnold Palmer

Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip.

Arnold Palmer

I feel more strongly than ever about this. I would like the professional game freed of golf carts. Golf is a physical game. If we are playing competitive professional golf, we should walk. When I can't walk 18 holes, I'll pack it in.

Arnold Palmer

Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else.