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Golf and women are a lot alike. You know you are not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can't resist the impulse.
I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.
Hole in One: an occurence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole in a single shot by a golfer playing alone.
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
The number eighteen is symbolically meaningful because it is the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew word chai, which means life.
This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.
Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.
The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.
Tiger, come on now, you've still got work to do. This round and golf tournament are not over. Hang in there and finish the race.
The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
Who listens to golfers? They're boring. If I want to wear camouflage on the golf course during a tournament, I will. And I have.
To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget.
Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.
Fifty years ago, 100 white men chasing one black man across a field was called the Ku Klux Klan. Today it's called the PGA Tour.
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
When one thinks of golf and Scotland, the first thing that comes to mind is usually St. Andrews, especially the famed Old Course.
It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop.
I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids.
I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
You win all the Tucsons, all the Kemps, all the Iron City Opens you can, nobody remembers. You win a Masters, nobody ever forgets
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.
I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine.
I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.
All of a sudden I'm an expert on everything. Interviewers want your opinion on golf, foreign policy and even the price of peanuts.
If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy.
Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story
Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress.
Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.
My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know.
The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.
Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy.
I've lost balls in every hazard and on every course I've tried. But when I lose a ball in the ball washer, it's time to take stock.
Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.
Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
I don't follow golf! I don't keep up with golf or know who is coming or going. I am just here to play the game and be done with it.
The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.
I don't mind hitting the ball bad, but when I feel like I've hit the ball pretty good for four days and shoot an 81, it's not golf.
You can't play enough golf or do any of those other things that fill that kind of excitement that coaching gave me in the big games.
Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.
I'd been told there are 10 difficult holes and eight impossible ones. I'm still trying to work out which the 10 difficult holes are.
There's not much pressure on the golf Tour. Walking to the first tee is in no way comparable to walking through the jungle in combat
He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes to its maximum only to the man who has given up golf.
I draw a younger crowd who can relate to me. Some of the girl fans will message me online, saying, 'You're the reason I watch golf.'
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.