Quotes about golf
golf play opponents
Forget your opponents; always play against par. Sam Snead
golf media talking
Because [Donald] Trump sticks to his script and was there to open his golf course, that's what he first began talking about. He didn't open with a statement on the Brexit vote. And so here comes the media - right on cue - and any allies they have, once again lashing out at Trump as incompetent, unaware, insensitive. Rush Limbaugh
golf cocoons states
When I'm in this state, everything is pure, vividly clear. I'm in a cocoon of concentration. Tony Jacklin
golf dating firsts
After a golfer has been out on the circuit for a while he learns how to handle his dating so that it doesn't interfere with his golf. The first rule usually is no woman-chasing after Wednesday. Tony Lema
golf cheat
Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you cheat only yourself.
golf devil instruments
The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.
golf games gentleman
From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.
golf giving water
The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.
golf practice way
It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes.
golf games trying
This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level up the valleys. Tom Watson
golf two lasts
The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.
golf wind challenges
Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge.
golf play architect
Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.
golf men thinking
After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here.
golf ego throat
If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.
golf guy position
A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.
golf swings iron
My golf swing is a bit like ironing a shirt. You get one side smoothed out, turn it over and there is a big wrinkle on the other side. Then you iron that one out, turn it over and there is yet another wrinkle.
golf way painful
There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.
golf thinking race
Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office. Rory McIlroy
golf years stronger
I feel like I came through this year stronger and wiser, and I can go into 2015 in a much better place.
golf careers achievement
The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is an incredible feeling. To be three legs towards the career grand slam at the age of 25 is a pretty good achievement. It's not going to sink in for a while.
golf roots unions
I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.
golf winning player
I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments.
golf second-chance way
I'm afraid there are no replays or second chances in amateur or professional golf, and that's the way it should be.
golf years ive-learned
I'm happy with the success I've had, and I feel like there's been a lot that I've learned this year, and that's a great thing going into the future.
golf winning months
It's been 18 months since I won on The European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked for any more.
golf play long
As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.
golf winning games
It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.
golf games joy
The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game.
golf self arrogance
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.
golf boxing tennis
You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing. Sugar Ray Leonard
golf perfection masters
Golf is so difficult to master. It feels like the better you get, the farther you are away from perfection. Stewart Cink
golf games figures
I had to figure out myself to figure out my game.