Things People Say About Golf
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You know, I guess you have to wonder who's worse,The people who make statements about golf or the peolpe who write them down.
Then Again, it's probably the people who make webpages for them. (sigh)...
"If you want to take long walks, take long walks. If you want to hit things with a stick, hit things with a stick. But there's no excuse for combining the two and putting the results on TV." - National Lampoon
"Golf is like a love affair: If you don't take it seriously, it's not fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart." -Arnold Daly
"Golf: "A game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood." -Samuel Johnson
"Golf is an easy game... it's just hard to play." - Unknown
"In golf, as in life, it is the follow through that makes the difference."
"Golf is a game where the ball lies poorly and the players well."
"Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship."
- Patrick Campbell
"Golf is not so much a sport as an insult to lawns." -National Lampoon
"Golf and sex have at least one thing in common:
both are a lot more satisfying to do than they are to watch." -Anonymous
"Golf is a game in which you yell "fore", shoot six, and write down five."
Paul Harvey
"Golf is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to cheat at."
Dave Hill
"The greatest liar in the world is the golfer who claims he plays the game for merely exersise." - Tommy Bolt
"Golf is a good walk spoiled." Mark Twain
"The golf swing is like sex. You can't be thinking about the mechanics of the act while you're performing." -Dave Hill
"The fun you get from golf is in direct ratio to the effort you don't put into it."
Bob Allen
"It's good sportsmanship not to pick up lost balls while they are still rolling."
- Mark Twain
"I'd give up golf if I didn't have so many sweaters."
- Bob Hope
"The more I practice, the luckier I get."
- Gary Player
"Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."
- Winston Churchill
"We have fifty-one golf courses in Palm Springs. He (Gerald Ford) never decides which course he will play until after his first tee shot."
- Bob Hope
"I deny allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game I hit an eagle, birdie, an elk, and a moose."
- Gerald Ford
"The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing."
- Phyllis Diller
"Talking to a golf ball won’t do you any good. Unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off."
- Bruce Lansky
"I know I'm getting better at golf- I'm hitting fewer spectators." - Gerald Ford
"Golf is a game where guts and blind devotion will always net you absolutely nothing but an ulcer." - Tommy Bolt
"The only shots you can be dead sure of are those you've had already."
- Byron Nelson
"Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at it." - Jimmy Demaret
"It's the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on." - Lee Trevino
"Golf is an easy game... it's just hard to play." - Unknown
"Golf: "A game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood." -Samuel Johnson
"Golf is like a love affair: If you don't take it seriously, it's not fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart." -Arnold Daly
"Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of brave men and fools out of everybody." - Milton Gross
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