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To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.
I play golf just about every week. I'm playing on the Senior Tour now - super seniors - I'm a super senior.
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.
With Tiger Woods, you know everyone is watching. But I think interest in women's golf is getting better too.
Prayer never works for me on the golf course. That may have something to do with my being a terrible putter.
Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else.
My life is to play golf, sit home with the wife and kids, and do things with the family more than I used to.
I asked my priest if it was a sin to play golf on Sunday. And he said, "It's a sin for you to play anytime."
The only way I'll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.
I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke.
Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.
I am a millionaire today and my wife deserves all of the credit. Before I met her I was a multi-millionaire.
There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes.
Uh, yeah, I do. The scythe was a little tricky at first, but—much like golf—turns out it’s all in the swing.
Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.
When the path ahead of you is uphill, surrounded by rough spots, hazards and obstacles: use a pitching wedge.
I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.
I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon.
I am so pleased with my golf course. I am to say that it's the best I've ever seen it - without equivocation.
Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes you are tired and most of your balls are missing.
Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious.
You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.
The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.
When I find a golf course or a restaurant or a market that I like, that's pretty much exclusively where I go.
Golf gives and takes. So yeah, sometimes you make those putts, sometimes you just miss them. But that's golf.
You should welcome getting older in golf. With greater knowledge of your swing, you, too, can keep improving.
Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.
Two things that are not long for this world: dogs that chase cars and professional golfers who putt for pars.
Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag, and squinty eyes.
A golfer should never make a mental mistake because the ball is just sitting there waiting for you to hit it.
You get no points for style when it comes to putting. It's getting the ball to drop into the cup that counts.
First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.
My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.
I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.
It's mass confusion. I'm guessing on every shot. About the only thing left for me is acupuncture in the brain.
I could have rolled the ball up there against Musial, and he would have pulled out a golf club and hit it out.
The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie. And an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark...
I would rather be of clear mind and decision with the wrong club than with an unclear mind and the right club.
Golf and fishing. I usually do both at least once a week. The biggest fish I've ever caught was a 36 lb. carp.
I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.
If you pick up a golfer and hold it close to your ear, like a conch shell, and listen, you will hear an alibi.
People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.
I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.
I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, 'What do I do next?' Pat replied, 'Wait till the pain dies down.'
You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.
Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.
I have those (goals) written down, but don't want to discuss them. Right now, I just want to keep on improving.
Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.