“If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot 18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?” Quote by Ben Hogan
“You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I'm hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it's a joy that very few people experience.” PeopleWantHardStoriesJoyWaitingEnjoyBrainMorningTruth IsBallsGolfGet UpHitting Author:Ben Hogan
“I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.” WayI CanPlayGamesSafeShotsGolfOne WayPlay Safe Author:Bobby Jones
“Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.” StillsSometimesHandsGamesEmotionGolfClubs Author:Bobby Jones
“The rewards of golf, and of life too I expect, are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules.” IfsWellsLittlesPlayGamesGolfRewardsEtiquette Author:Bobby Jones
“I had held a notion that I could make a pretty fair appraisal of the worth of an opponent simply by speaking to him on the first tee and taking a good measuring look into his eyes.” FirstsLooksEyeFairsGolfNotionOpponentsHis EyesMeasuringTeesAppraisal Author:Bobby Jones
“I think that (Alister) MacKenzie and I managed to work as a completely sympathetic team. Of course there was never any question that he was the architect and I was the advisor and consultant. No man learns to design a golf course simply by playing golf, no matter how well. But it happened that both of us were extravagant admirers of the Old Course at St Andrews and we both desired as much as possible to simulate seaside conditions insofar as the differences in turf and terrain would allow.” ThinkingMenWellsMatterCoursesDifferencesHappenedTeamConditionsDesignGolfArchitectSympatheticGolf CourseExtravagantAndrewTerrainAdmirerConsultantsPlaying GolfAdvisorsTurfSimulate Author:Bobby Jones
“Anyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.” LinesGolfNervousIdiot Author:Cary Middlecoff
“I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.” GreenGolfBananas Author:Chi Chi Rodriguez
“I was on the dance floor but I couldn't hear the band.” BandGolfDance Floor Author:Chi Chi Rodriguez
“The best putting advice I ever received was make sure you concentrate real hard on keeping that darn ball real low” RealHardAdviceLowsBallsGolf Author:Chi Chi Rodriguez