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[quote name='eagle1997' timestamp='1391462040' post='8591942']
one of my favorites:

'we are all victims of our best shots.' - greg norman


no joke, understanding this really helped my course management.



'nother one:
'you get bad breaks from good shots, you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball as it lies.' - bobby jones
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Norman, IMHO, is one of the greatest players ever in the game. Not because of how he won but because of how he lost. With total class and dignity.

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Regarding changing equipment or golf instructors all the time "The grass is not always greener on the other side, it is greener where you water it the most"

It takes thousands of well struck shots to gain confidence and just a few bad ones to lose it.

I shoot in the 70's, any warmer than that and I quit. - Bob Hope.

Golf is not a game of perfect, it is a game of recovery

A perfect drive is the hardest shot in golf to recover from

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[quote name='cardoustie' timestamp='1391447944' post='8590476']
[color=#333333][size=3]Jack knew he was going to beat you. You knew Jack was going to beat you. And Jack knew that you knew that he was going to beat you." ... Weiskopf[/size][/color]
[/quote]LMAO, Great find on the quote!

THIS is why Weiskopf never came close to realizing the potential that his athleticism, swing and game should have produced. Yes, he got a major, though he should've had 6-8 of em.

Tom Watson didn't know this. Ray Floyd didn't know this. Johnny Miller didn't know this.

And Lee sure the hell didn't know this, lol.

Seems like ole Tommy was the only one of his peers to "know" this.

Nah, besides following a legend at OSU, where the comparisons and "pressure" began, he never saw the player that everyone else saw.

It's damn near impossible when ya don't believe in the guy lookin back at you in the mirror.

A damn shame-

Great post!


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Richard

In the end, only three things matter~ <br /><br />How much that you loved...<br /><br />How mightily that you lived...<br /><br />How gracefully that you accepted both victory & defeat...<br /><br /><br /><br />GHIN: Beefeater 24

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"The ability to concentrate is good, though thinking about how you are doing, how you've done or worst of all, how to do it(swing thoughts), is disastrous. Visualize the swing, visualize the shot & trust your vision and your muscles. Keep it simple."

-Harvey Penick



Fairways & Greens My Friends

In the end, only three things matter~ <br /><br />How much that you loved...<br /><br />How mightily that you lived...<br /><br />How gracefully that you accepted both victory & defeat...<br /><br /><br /><br />GHIN: Beefeater 24

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Roy Mcavoy - "Nice par."

David Sims - "I'll take 18 of em'."

Roy Mcavoy - "Do it and I'll beat you."

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[quote name='TeeJ12' timestamp='1391617926' post='8603471']
Roy Mcavoy - "Nice par."

David Sims - "I'll take 18 of em'."

Roy Mcavoy - "Do it and I'll beat you."
[/quote]What a great movie! I still cringe when watching the meltdown, even though i've seen that part probably 5 times.
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Roy McAvoy [preparing to shoot over a water hazard on the final hole of the U.S. Open]:
[b]This is for Venturi who thinks I should lay up.
Romeo Posar: What does he know? He only won this tournament before you were born.[/b]
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[size=4]Don't be too proud to take a lesson. I'm not.
- Jack Nicklaus[/size]

[size=4]took my first lesson (a swingfix lesson with monte) in over 5 yrs. immediately paid benefits.[/size]



[size=4]Victory is everything. You can spend the money, but you can never spend the memories.
- Ken Venturi[/size]

[size=4]anyone else think many modern day pros [/size]haven't read this quote?



[size=4]Golf is the loneliest sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities as a person. The longer you play, the more certain you are that a man's performance is the outward manifestation of who, in his heart, he really thinks he is.
- Hale Irwin[/size]

[size=4]couldn't agree with this more, with one caveat. tournament golf, not just golf.[/size]

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"It took me seventeen years to get 3000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." - Hank Aaron

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By FAR my favorite:

[color=#696969]There is no such thing as a natural touch. touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.[/color]
[color=#696969]-Lee Trevino[/color]

[color=#696969]Also like these ones:[/color]

[color=#696969]A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.[/color]
[color=#696969]-Tom Watson[/color]


[color=#696969]To find a mans true character, play golf with him.[/color]
[color=#696969]-PH Woodhouse.[/color]

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This was kinda funny....I was playing a practice round when I was in college with a guy in camo pants and hat. our coach told us he wanted to try out for the golf team and since I was the team captain he put the guy with me and our number 2 and 3 players.

after he birdied the first 5 holes i called out coach and told him to sign the guy.

on number 7 he walked up to me and said "I've just been messing with you guys, my name is Boo Weekley."

my comment back "Who's that?"

I guess i found out who he was two years later when he was a PGA tour winner huh? I am glad he handled it with class as I didn't mean it out of disrespect to him

The grass is always greener...
farther down the fairway

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My teacher had this quote on a rock on his desk.

His didn't have an author, though he said this this one and Bob Jones "5 inch" quote were, outside of Mr. Penick's quotes, his favorites.

I like this one and you can see it in play everytime you're on the course, by both those who have, and those who haven't-

Have a Great Season


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In the end, only three things matter~ <br /><br />How much that you loved...<br /><br />How mightily that you lived...<br /><br />How gracefully that you accepted both victory & defeat...<br /><br /><br /><br />GHIN: Beefeater 24

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Though this quote has been posted above, there is more to it than the literal interpretation of the words.

My former teacher(He passed), a protege of Mr. Penick's, explained to me that while it definitely did mean to take "dead aim" at your target, EVERY time that you attempted a shot, more importantly it was about taiking dead aim with your mind's eye, and "seeing" the swing and shot to come, and allowing your muscles to put the swing on the ball required to hit that shot-

These and the words above them would go along way to taking you where you want to go in the game-

Have a great season-


Fairways & Greens My Friends

In the end, only three things matter~ <br /><br />How much that you loved...<br /><br />How mightily that you lived...<br /><br />How gracefully that you accepted both victory & defeat...<br /><br /><br /><br />GHIN: Beefeater 24

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