Henry Beard Golf Quotations

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

If the wind is in your face, you swing too hard just to get the ball through it; if the wind is at your back, you swing too hard just to see how far you can get the ball to go.

Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.

Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.

It's often necessary to hit a second shot to really appreciate the first one.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

Handicap: an allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

Hole in One: an occurence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole in a single shot by a golfer playing alone.

Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

A driving range is the place where golfers go to get all the good shots out of their system.

Wear it if it clashes.

When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.