Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry Beard

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

Henry Beard

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Nolan Bushnell

I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.

Mike Weir

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.

Mike Weir

Out here, it's just you and the ball.

Neil Gaiman

The end of the story of Batman is he's dead. Because, in the end, the Batman dies. What else am I going to do? Retire and play golf? It doesn't work that way. It can't. I fight until I drop. And one day, I will drop.

John Terry

I like to play snooker, golf as well.

John Scott

You look out on the driving range and it looks like snow, but it isn't, it's covered in golf balls.

Johnny Miller

Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say "I don't know" about anything.

Johnny Miller

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Johnny Miller

I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

Johnny Miller

For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.

Johnny Miller

In golf, 'close' is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.

Johnny Miller

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

Johnny Miller

The dollars aren't so important... once you have them.

Johnny Miller

Golf's Holy Grail - a genius course.

Johnny Miller

Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed - just the way it fits on the land.

Johnny Miller

When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.

John Cena

I'm a huge car guy, I cannot wait to see it [Ferrari World]. I hear there is also unbelievable golf which I'd like to sample and I'm looking forward to seeing what the gym facilities are like

Matt Kuchar

As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.

Matt Kuchar

Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.

Meg Cabot

This was something you had to work through on you own," Jason said. "Besides, I knew you'd do the right thing." "Oh, right," I said. I wanted to throw something at him. I really did. "And if I hadn't?" Now Jason brandished something he'd been holding behind his back. It was a golf club. "I figured Big Bertha here would drive them away," he said.

Max Beerbohm

Golf: The most ... perfect expression of National Stupidity.

P. J. O'Rourke

The great thing about starting golf in your forties is that you can start golf in your forties. You can start other things in your forties but generally your wife makes you stop them, as Bill Clinton found out.

Paula Creamer

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

Paula Creamer

I have been an avid reader of 'Golf Digest' ever since I started playing this great game.

Paula Creamer

I've always said, the harder the golf course, the better I play.

Paula Creamer

Practice, work out, proper nutrition, lots of work on my short game. In golf, that's really where the strokes come off the scorecard.

Paula Creamer

Every woman should recruit a female friend to take up golf so there will be more women available to play.

Martin Sheen

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.

Martin Sheen

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

Martin Sheen

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

Lance Armstrong

I still don't get golf.