42 Golf Quotes
Golf Quotes
1. “Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.”
-Arnold Palmer
2. “This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.”
-Ben Hogan
3. “Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it’s all in the mind.”
-Dan Jenkins
4. “Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.”
-Jack Nicklaus
5. “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.”
-Arnold Palmer
6. “For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.”
-Harry Vardon
7. “Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.”
-Tiger Woods
8. “You do what you need to if you’re serious about playing great golf.”
-David Duval
9. “You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.”
-Lee Trevino
10. “Golf is a humbling sport.”
-Peter Uihlein
11. “Golf is a working man’s sport in Scotland.”
-Brian Binnie
12. “I’m addicted. I’m addicted to golf.”
-Tiger Woods
13. “There’s so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.”
-Ernie Els
14. “Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can’t play if I can’t compete.”
-Jack Nicklaus
15. “Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.”
-Martin Sheen
16. “Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.”
-Tiger Woods
17. “A good golfer has the determination to win and the patience to wait for the breaks.”
-Gary Player
18. “To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.”
-P. G. Wodehouse
19. “Golf has made me and shaped me into the person I am here today.”
-Tiger Woods
20. “Golf is all about patience – one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.”
-Lindsey Vonn
21. “Hit the shot you know you can hit, not the one you think you should.”
-Dr. Bob Rotella
22. “Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.”
-Nancy Lopez
23. “Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course… the space between your ears.”
-Bobby Jones
24. “Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.”
-B. C. Forbes
25. “Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.”
-Ben Hogan
26. “There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.”
-Lee Trevino
27. “It’s nice to win. I’ll never win again. I may have to take up golf – take on Tiger.”
-Lance Armstrong
28. “Forget your opponents; always play against par.”
-Sam Snead
29. “Somehow, it is hard to dislike a man once you have played a round of golf with him.”
-John Updike
30. “A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.”
-Jack Nicklaus
31. “Golf is a science, the study of a lifetime, in which you can exhaust yourself but never your subject.”
-David Forgan
32. “Golf and dating don’t mix.”
-Larry David
33. “Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.”
-Woodrow Wilson
34. “Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.”
-Matt Kuchar
35. “Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you’re the best.”
-Jack Nicklaus
36. “The mental aspect of golf is what makes golf such a great sport.”
-Johnny Miller
37. “The most important shot in golf is the next one.”
-Ben Hogan
38. “Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.”
-Tom Watson
39. “A golfer has to train his swing on the practice tee, then trust it on the course.”
-Dr. Bob Rotella
40. “The mind messes up more shots than the body.”
-Tommy Bolt
41. “A good player who is a great putter is a match for any golfer. A great hitter who cannot putt is a match for no one.”
-Ben Sayers
42. “I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.”
-Arnold Palmer
