Not only was Bobby Jones one of the greatest golfers of all time, but he is credited with some of the best golf quotes as well. Here are some of his most famous golf utterances:
You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about. – Bobby Jones Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.- Bobby Jones It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.- Bobby Jones A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.- Bobby Jones I never learned anything from a match that I won.- Bobby Jones Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.- Bobby JonesMany shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.- Bobby Jones
The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.- Bobby Jones The best exercise for golfers is golfing.- Bobby Jones
The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.- Bobby Jones Golf is said to be a humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses or else reckless of consequences.- Bobby Jones Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.- Bobby Jones
You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.- Bobby Jones One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves struggling year after year with faults we had discovered and corrected time and again.- Bobby Jones In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.- Bobby Jones I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.- Bobby Jones I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.- Bobby Jones.
Don’t forget about the King, Arnold Palmer, who had his share of some great quotes:
How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It’s simple. I missed a four-foot putt for an eleven.
- Arnold Palmer
It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
- Arnold Palmer
I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.
- Arnold Palmer
I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that i didn’t have a chance to win.
- Arnold Palmer
What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
- Arnold Palmer
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.
- Arnold Palmer
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
- Arnold Palmer
And let’s not forget the legendary Jack Nicklaus:
Don’t be too proud to take a lesson. I’m not.
- Jack Nicklaus
Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything.
- Jack Nicklaus
A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
- Jack Nicklaus
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20 percent of the time, you’re the best.
- Jack Nicklaus
It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it.
- Jack Nicklaus
A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
- Jack Nicklaus
Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game.
- Jack Nicklaus
If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy.
- Jack Nicklaus
Keeping the head still is golf’s one universal, unarguable fundamental.
- Jack Nicklaus
When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you’re putting well. When you’re putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it’s going to fall in, not if it’s going in.
- Jack Nicklaus
When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
- Jack Nicklaus
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