Ken Venturi
Ken Venturi
Kenneth Paul Venturiwas an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. In a career shortened by injuries, he won 14 events on the PGA Tour including a major, the U.S. Open in 1964. Shortly before his death, Venturi was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 May 1931
CountryUnited States of America
golf animal hands
The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup. The hell with television towers and cables and burrowing animals and the thousand and one things that are referred to as 'not part of the golf course'. If you hit the ball off the fairway, you play it from there.
believe bigger firmly knows wrong
Nobody, not even Palmer, is bigger than the Game, ... I firmly believe that he did wrong and that he knows that I know he did wrong.
compared dinner golfer mature until
You can't be compared to a Hogan or a Nicklaus until you do it. But... after having dinner with Tiger, he's the most mature 18-year-old golfer I've known.
goodbye harding last special win
It was my last hurrah to win in my hometown. Harding was a special place to say goodbye.
cocky winning people
People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.
golf two brain
The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.
retirement hero giving
Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.
golf pace clock
All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.
cancer wife treatment
I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
meaningful father spokes
When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.
golf score happens
You can't make good scores happen. You've got to let it happen.
father men few-words
My father was a man of few words.
names my-own
I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.
effort trying sometimes
Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.