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Throughout history, some pretty interesting things have been said about the game of golf. Some were said solely to provide entertainment, others were said to spread valuable knowledge, but most of the greatest golf quotes of all time came as a direct result of the utter frustration and dismay that we all feel when we play this game.<\/p>\n
The list below is compromised of all three and you might want to read carefully, for much can be learned by picking the brains of some of the greatest golfers to ever play the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more I practice, the luckier I get.\u201d\u00a0 –\u00a0 Gary Player<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe most important shot in golf is the next one.\u201d – Ben Hogan<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe worst club in my bag is my brain.\u201d – Chris Perry<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGolf is a good walk spoiled.\u201d – Mark Twain<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re caught on the golf course in a storm and you\u2019re afraid of lighting, hold up a 1-ron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.\u201d – Lee Trevino<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI never learned anything from a match I won.\u201d – Bobby Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe older I get, the better I used to be.\u201d – Lee Trevino<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf you watch the game, it\u2019s fun. If you play it, it\u2019s recreation. If you work at it, it\u2019s golf.\u201d – Bob Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOn a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating. The other 20 percent lied.\u201d – Bruce Lansky<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGolf is a game in which you yell fore, shoot six and write down five.\u201d – Paul Harvey<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top of it.\u201d – Pete Dye<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I die, bury me on the golf course so my husband will visit my grave.\u201d\u00a0 Unknown female author<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone\u2019s golf game. It\u2019s called an eraser.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Arnold Palmer<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGolf is a fascinating game. It has taken me nearly 40 years to discover that I can\u2019t play it.\u201d \u00a0– Ted Ray<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe only sure rule in golf is \u2013 he who has the fastest cart never has to play from a bad lie.\u201d – Micky Mantle<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou 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.\u201d – Lee Trevino<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cProfessional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20 % of the time, you\u2019re the best.\u201d – Jack Nicklaus<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMy favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.\u201d – Lord Robertson<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t miss the putt. I made the putt. The ball just missed the hole.\u201d – Peter Jacobsen<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely, against themselves.\u201d – Arnold Palmer<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That\u2019s the distance my left ear is from my right.\u201d – Ben Crenshaw<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it.\u201d – Jack Nicklaus<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere are three roads to ruin: women, gambling and golf. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling and surest is with golf.\u201d – Andrew Perry<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout history, some pretty interesting things have been said about the game of golf. 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