Quotes about golf
golf fishing long
The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip. Jack Nicklaus
golf thinking failing
I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
golf men play
Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.
golf winning player
If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.
golf looks habit
I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other.
golf scotland special
When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.
golf army what-if
I couldn't care less who I'm paired with. There's nobody I've ever played better or worse with, thank goodness. You don't want any factor to be outside your control. What if Arnie's Army had bothered me? What id I'd said, "Oh geez, I'm paired with Palmer," I'd never had beaten him.
golf design purpose
There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of design became fundamental because of what's here. And it happened accidentally. Or maybe accidentally on purpose.
golf player winning
The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.
golf winning games
You can win tournaments when you're mechanical, but golf is a game of emotion and adjustment. If you're not aware of what's happening to your mind and your body when you're playing, you'll never be able to be the very best you can be.
golf want ifs
If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.
golf thinking player
I think we have more good players today [2016] than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's saying a lot because we had a lot of good players when I played. I think you had a bit of a lag in there for a while, that Tiger was just so much better than everybody else that he really didn't put anybody in with him.
golf games stink
There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
golf play competition
Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
golf play break
I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well.
golf play worry
I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I could play, I was going to make money.
golf games careers
I understand golf is a game, and I've never treated it as anything else. Family is something that's very special, and so they all contributed to the room. They all contributed to what my life was, my career was.
golf player generations
Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only comparison over time . . . played on the same courses for generations. All the best players are always there.
golf care ifs
I don't know if I'll ever do it again or not, but frankly I don't really care.
golf mind
I never missed a putt in my mind.
golf iceland play
Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.
golf fundamentals stills
Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental.
golf swings bigs
A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.
golf championship tournaments
This is a tournament. The others are all championships.
golf games funny-golf
Golf is a better game played downhill.
golf swings years
That's sort of overkill. We've had 70 years of the Ryder Cup, and it's gotten along just fine. The pendulum will swing back without making a monumental thing about it.
golf son my-son
Then, [my son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.
golf games sportsmanship
Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
golf opportunity thinking
I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity.
golf retired has-beens
Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.
golf games legacy
The importance of my legacy is not the golf course, it's what my life is, and what my life is intended to be. The game of golf is a game. My family is my life.
golf games has-beens
Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game.
golf games play
I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name of the game. I usually ended up shooting a good round and all of a sudden, somehow, I won.