Great Golf Quotes

[Medic]

[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.

[Smiley_Face]

"Playing golf is like sparing with the world champion every day. You are going to take a beating so when you get a good shot in - celebrate!
Smiley Face

[butch33611]

[quote name='Mountaineer' timestamp='1391448006' post='8590494']
"You don't know what pressure is until you've played for $5 a hole with only $2 in your pocket." - Lee Trevino
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That is a winner so far!!! Not that I've ever done anything like that you understand.

[Gbyeball]

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

[KLeC]

Golfer to caddie - "Can I reach the water with this club?"

Caddie - "Eventually, sir."

[BillyZ2]

Forget your opponents; always play against par.
Sam Sneed

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.
Tom Watson

The woods are full of long drivers.
Harvey Penick

[GolfMonster09]

[Forged4ever]

[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!


Fairways & Greens My Friend,
Richard

[Forged4ever]

"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

[TeeJ12]

Roy Mcavoy - "Nice par."

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

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

[BillyZ2]

[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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[oleMR3wiggle]

[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."
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Do it and I'll OWN you....

[SixtySomePing]

"So you're telling me that was the right club?" - Bubba

[BillyZ2]

[quote name='KE60Ping' timestamp='1391639015' post='8605795']
"So you're telling me that was the right club?" - Bubba
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[WalleyeDave]

V.J. hits more balls than Liberace's chin.

David Feherty.

[eagle1997]

[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]

[capo]

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

[Mcgeeno]

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]

[Jonnybagadonuts]

"A properly struck golf ball is not really affected by the wind"

-the hawk

[Soloman1]

"A round of golf is a story. It can be a drama, a tragedy or a comedy." -- Soloman1

[KLeC]

Bob Hope to his caddie after a horrendous round at the Chrysler Classic

"You must be the worst caddie in the world!"

Caddie

"That would be too coincidental."

[gr8blueheronbird]

A quote by a fellow golfer I play with "Bullets don't break". Another quote after a great shot "Baby---Baby----Baby-----".

[BillyZ2]

[quote name='Mcgeeno' timestamp='1391671659' post='8608161']
By FAR my favorite:


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

[TomMorgan51]

[quote name='WalleyeDave' timestamp='1391646957' post='8606557']
V.J. hits more balls than Liberace's chin.

David Feherty.
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+1 I vaguely remember when he uttered this gem.

[Froth]

One of my personal favorites;

"I got an ugly swing, I look like a Caveman trying to kill his lunch" - Lee Trevino

[Donnierparker]

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

[BillyZ2]

[color=#990066][b]Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.
- Bobby Jones [/b][/color]

[Forged4ever]

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


Fairways & Greens My Friends

[Gbyeball]

^^^^^Forged4ever1^^^^^

Good thing you did not post this in the instruction forum, you would be tarred and feathered

I happen to agree 100% with that quote.

[Forged4ever]

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