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Quotations About Golf

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The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes.
Michael Green
The Art of Coarse Golf, 1975


Golf is a fascinating game. It has taken me nearly forty years to discover that I can't play it.
Ted Ray
Golf - My Slice of Life, 1972


Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious.
P.G. Wodehouse
A Mixed Threesome, 1922


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


I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game: it's called an eraser.
Arnold Palmer


Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course - the distance between your ears.
Bobby Jones


I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.
Ben Crenshaw


Golf is like a love affair. If you don't take it seriously, it's no fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart.
Arthur Daley


Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your foe than will 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.
Grantland Rice


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


It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf.
Robert Lynd