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Quotes

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
   ~ Sam Snead

A hungry dog hunts best.
   ~ Lee Trevino

You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.
   ~ Lee Trevino

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.
   ~ George Brett

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And I took a 7 to do that.
   ~ Jim Murray

The only sure rule in golf is - he who has the fastest cart never has to play the bad lie.
   ~ Mickey Mantle

I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par.
   ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.
   ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree.
   ~ Brian Weis

Swing hard in case you hit it.
   ~ Dan Marino

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.
   ~ Lord Robertson

Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
   ~ Jack Benny

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
   ~ Ben Hogan

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best
   ~ Jack Nicklaus

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law.
   ~ H G Wells

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.
   ~ Billy Graham

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
   ~ Bob Hope

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
   ~ Jack Lemmon

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.
   ~ Lee Trevino

I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced.