Golf Quotes

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.

I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

I think one reason people play golf is it allows them to obsess about something other than the daily crap. It takes your mind off that.

I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a little nine-hole golf course where my father worked.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.

I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm really strong and I have really good endurance so I can go forever - I'm a tough girl.

Golf is something I do selfishly for myself.

I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys.

I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.

I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

My wife and I like to go to church if we're in town. On Sundays, I try to be as chill as I can, whether I'm watching golf or barbecuing.

Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using 'an outside agency' and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf.

Golf is like 99.9 percent of my life, and then there's school. I don't get much time to go out with my friends.

There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.

One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.

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.

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper.

What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there's possibly some connection between aliens and golf.

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.