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Golf quotes
5/21/2008 at 7:42 AM
HERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN -PLAY GOLF AND PRAY. - Lee Trevino
A SMALL GIRL WAS AT HER FIRST GOLF LESSON WHEN SHE ASKED HER INSTRUCTOR AN INTERESTING QUESTION: 'IS THE WORD SPELLED P-U-T OR P-U-T-T?' 'P-U-T-T IS CORRECT,' HE REPLIED. 'PUT MEANS TO PLACE A THING WHERE YOU WANT IT. PUTT MEANS MERELY A VAIN ATTEMPT TO DO THE SAME THING.
DEFINITION OF GOLF: A FIVE MILE WALK PUNCTUATED WITH DISSAPOINTMENTS.
“ART SAID HE WANTED TO GET MORE DISTANCE. I TOLD HIM TO HIT IT AND RUN BACKWARD.” - Ken Venturi, on Art Rosenbaum.
THE ONLY THING IN MY BAG THAT WORKS IS THE BUG SPRAY. - Bruce Lansky.
GOLF IS A GAME IN WHICH THE SLOWEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE FASTEST ARE THOSE BEHIND.
I'VE HAD A GOOD DAY WHEN I DON'T FALL OUT OF THE CART. - Buddy Hackett.
RELAX? HOW CAN ANYBODY RELAX AND PLAY GOLF? YOU HAVE TO GRIP THE CLUB, DON'T YOU? - Ben Hogan.
MANY A GOLFER PREFERS A GOLF CART TO A CADDY BECAUSE THE CART CANNOT COUNT, CRITICIZE OR LAUGH.
MY BODY IS HERE, BUT MY MIND HAS ALREADY TEED OFF.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS IS THE FIRST KNOWN FEMALE GOLFER. SHE WAS THE PERSON WHO COINED THE TERM “CADDY” 1N 1552. THE TERM DERIVED FROM THE FACT THAT SHE CALLED HER ASSISTANTS “CADETS.” THE FAMOUSE ST. ANDREWS GOLF COURSE WAS BUILT DURING HER REIGN.
I FOUND OUT THAT ALL THE IMPORTANT LESSONS OF LIFE ARE CONTAINED IN THE THREE RULES FOR ACHIEVING A PERFECT GOLF SWING:
1. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.
2. FOLLOW THROUGH.
3. BE BORN WITH MONEY.
“YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS GAME. JUST ASK MY EXWIVES. BOTH OF THEM ARE SO RICH THAT NEITHER OF THEIR HUSBANDS WORK.” - Lee Trevino