Golf Quotes

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point. ~ Payne Stewart

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. ~ A. A. Milne

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game. ~ Nancy Lopez

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15. ~ Lee Trevino

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place. ~ Ben Crenshaw

Golf is the only sport that a professional can enjoy playing with his friends. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world. ~ Harry Vardon

I play bad golf for good charities. ~ Robert Stack

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. ~Ben Hogan

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much. ~ Buddy Hackett

Golf is my boyfriend right now. ~ Karrie Webb

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots. ~ Ben Hogan

I played golf all over Detroit. ~Smokey Robinson

I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game. ~David Hyde Pierce

Golf is played with the arms. ~ Sam Snead

I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it. ~ Mac Davis

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

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. ~ Dougray Scott

I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods. ~ Jeff Foxworthy

I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can't even talk about my own handicap because it's too upsetting. ~ Shia LaBeouf

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.  ~ Jack Lemon

I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth. ~ Lee Trevino

I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf. ~Tiger Woods

Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby. ~ Lee Trevino

Golf may be a hussy, but I love her. ~ Don Herold

Golf will grow so long as it's fun. ~ Tom Watson (No, Tom as long as its fair)

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life. ~ B. C. Forbes

Golf, like measles, should be caught young. ~ P. G. Wodehouse

Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well. ~ P. G. Wodehouse

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards? ~ Al Boliska

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen. ~Jack Nicklaus

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie. ~ Mickey Mantle

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. ~Tiger Woods

How can you get tired of playing golf? ~Raymond Floyd

The harder you work, the luckier you get. ~ Gary Player

I don't exaggerate - I just remember big. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors. ~ Frank Butler

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible. ~ Jean Giraudoux

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave. ~ Jack Nicklaus

A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course. ~ Mike Weir

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter. ~ Tiger Woods (Hmmmm?)

All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? ~ Willie Nelson

All I want to do is do my shows and play golf. ~ Mickey Gilley

Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you? ~ Ben Hogan

Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living. ~ Julius Boros

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing. ~ Ben Hogan

Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss. ~ James Patrick Murray

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature. ~ Robert Redford

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad. ~ Dick Van Dyke

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. ~ Arnold Palmer

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. ~ P. G. Wodehouse

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched. ~ Roger Kahn

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful. ~ Scott Hamilton

The beauty of golf, you're in charge out here. ~ Mike Weir

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie. ~ George Deukmejian

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. ~ Ernest Hemingway

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. ~ Will Rogers

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win. ~ Phil Mickelson

All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse. ~ Eric Linklater

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. ~ Dave Barry

And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, then you're not going to believe in the golf story, you're not going to believe in the rest of the film. That's the whole movie, so if that swing looks like crap, the movie's crap. ~ Shia LaBeouf

Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make. ~ Tina Weymouth

As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer. ~ Gary Player

Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes. ~ Michael Wilbon

But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses. ~ Darrell Royal

But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly. ~ Perry Como

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears. ~ Bobby Jones

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference. ~ Tom Watson

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that. ~ Eric Heiden

Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun. ~ Tiger Woods

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty. ~ Harry Vardon

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics.  ~ Red Skelton

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none. ~ Marc Anthony

Few learn golf in a lifetime. ~ Grantland Rice

For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses. ~ Mark Foley

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball. ~ Dave Barry

Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. ~ Jack Benny

Go out and have fun. Golf is a game for everyone, not just for the talented few. ~ Harvey Penick

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. ~ John Updike

Golf course design is exciting. ~ Tom Kite

Golf courses sell real estate and that's why they're built. ~ Ed McMahon

Golf is a better game played downhill. ~ Jack Nicklaus

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. ~ William Wordsworth

Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five. ~ Paul Harvey

Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~ Mark Twain

Golf is a matter of confidence. If you think you cannot do it, there is no chance you will. ~ Henry Cotton

Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play. ~ Gary Player

Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It's about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain. ~ Celine Dion

Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over. ~ Amy Alcott

Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result. ~ Tommy Armour

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. ~ Arnold Palmer

Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself. ~ Tony Lema