“I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.” G. K. Chesterton
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.” Mark Twain
“I don't want to play golf. When I hit the ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” Rogers Hornsby (baseball player)
“It's not hard to keep your ball in the fairway, so long as you're not picky about which fairway.” Unknown
“The proper score for a businessman golfer is 90. If he is better than that he is neglecting his business. If he's worse, he's neglecting his golf.” St. Andrews Rotary Club Member
“They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.” Gardner Dickinson
“If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.” Dean Martin
“They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.” Raymond Floyd
“Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.” Dave Berry
“Sex and golf are two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them.” Kevin Costner
“Golf is a game in which you yell fore, shoot six, and write down five.” Paul Harvey
“If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.” Sam Snead
“I know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.” Gerald R. Ford
“Why am I using a new putter? Because the last one didn't float too well.” Craig Stadler
“It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.” Hank Aaron
“If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.” Jack Lemmon
“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
“I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.” Arnold Palmer
“Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.” Winston Churchill
“Golf, like measles, should be caught young, for if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious.” P G Wodehouse
“It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.” Mark Twain.
“Golf gives you insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's. Grantland Rice
My golf partner said I should yell “fore” before hitting the ball, not “twelve.” Actually, I was being overly optimistic that I'd get that infernal ball into the hole in twelve shots!
I prefer bowling over golf. I only lose one or two bowling balls per game! LOL !
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mark Twain that golf is a good walk ruined.
ReplyDeleteI love to play golf but it can become an expensive hobby.
ReplyDeleteI especially liked the quote from Dean Martin.
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