Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS, OIGis a retired South African professional golfer, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. Over his career, Player accumulated nine major championships on the regular tour and six Champions Tour major championship victories, as well as three Senior British Open Championships on the European Senior Tour. At the age of 29, Player won the 1965 U.S. Open and became the only non-American to win all four majors, known as the career...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth1 November 1935
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.
Each shot is important.
If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.
I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.
You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.
The harder I practiced, the luckier I got.
I don't have any hesitation saying I've traveled more miles than any human being who ever lived. I've been doing it for 60 years.
I think that if people would be willing to grow some of their own food or eat locally grown organic foods on a regular basis we could significantly decrease the amount of harmful chemicals we pump into our soil every day.
I got so strong I felt like a giant.....When I stood on the tee with Arnold and Jack, I was tiny compared to them. But I never believed they were bigger than me. So the mind is so fascinating.
If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.
When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.
I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.
The more I practise, the luckier I become