Golfer Quotations

When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied.

It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer myself. But I grew up around the game. My mom and dad kind of built their dream house off the 11th fairway of Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth.

My father was a very good golfer and he got me started early. My grandfather played, too. It was just something that the Kroft family did. I kind of grew up on the golf course.

I'd love to have a lasting impact as far as growing the game. It would be cool to be remembered as a major champion. I'd like to be remembered as a great golfer but also a great person, as far as growing the game and charity work. The whole well-rounded athlete.

I practice a lot. I practice in the winter when it's cold in Connecticut - a lot. I practice in my bedroom on the carpet - a lot. For all the practice I do, I should be a better golfer than I am.

Great touch is often written off simply as 'talent,' which is crucial, because a good swing can take a golfer only so far. I've seen thousands of fantastic swings in my day, but that doesn't guarantee anything.

No doubt about it, she's a good golfer - one of the best in the state. And she's just a sophomore.

Mike is going to be a solid golfer for us. He has shown to be very consistent. With the exception of his 82 at The Farms, he has shot in the upper 70s for us.

Luke was the only golfer in the two days to shoot under par. His nearest competitor was the young man he was playing with on Saturday. They started out tied and that's why they were paired together.

So in the summer of 1968, a young golfer from Texas experienced something that would forever change his life. Not only did I fall in love with formal tournament competition, but I was enraptured with so many other facets of the game; the different courses, the people,the history and traditions.

Ken was just a tremendous father, and we would take Ben fishing out at Camp Clay. He would come up to the Y and play basketball, and he's quite a golfer also.

I would say with the technology we have today, with the equipment, if you put that in Jack Nicklaus ' hands, he'd be a superior golfer than Tiger Woods .

I feel like I'm just another golfer and it's like these players are praising me right now. But those guys are the same ones who beat me last week.

I am deeply saddened by the passing of Charlie Yates. Charlie was an outstanding amateur golfer and a member who was linked to Bobby Jones and the club's history, attending every Masters through 2003. He will be greatly missed.

He's had a good season. He's been the most consistent golfer we have this year.

Golf has been used by presidents and presidential candidates for years. For example, President Eisenhower was the first president in office to really associate himself with golf. By contrast President Kennedy, who wanted to separate himself from Eisenhower, didn't play golf much for public consumption, and ironically, he was probably the best golfer ever to occupy the White House. He was able to break 70 and shoot in the low 80's on a consistent basis.

I went into Aussie tour school as a part-time golfer who had no real understanding of the game except at club level,

Part of me, I'm torn on this event because I'm so excited for Dillon. I know as a golfer what it means for him, but as a college golf coach I'm kind of excited for this thing to be done. I'd like to get back to getting us all focused on college golf here. We have a team that should be the best in the Big Ten.

Our goal next match is for each golfer to cut three to five strokes off. If we do that, it would show some great improvement.

I think I'm more of a golfer than a bowler, ... Let's just say I'm here to support the event.

I think I read about it from a golfer in a magazine, tried it, and it seemed to work for me.

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon.' Need I say more?

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.

You know, I go to work in a great office every day, and the amount of freedom that goes with being a pro golfer on the tour is awesome. So I get to enjoy my weeks off away from the course, and then I get to go to work on some of the best golf courses in the world out here.

We never got upset, rather we discussed it. It's not something that has happened to every golfer at some point... . I am really proud of how we played today.

When I first saw him swing, I knew he had this potential. He's definitely got the best swing of any junior golfer I've ever seen. His fundamentals are perfect as far as I can tell.

That's what every professional golfer strives for. It's taken me a little longer than anticipated, but I knew I had the ability to get out there sometime.

When you win a tournament like that, actually any tournament, it doesn't matter; there's added pressure on you. Every golfer goes through a rough time in their career, and I went through it the last year or so, but I'm going to try to work out of it and try to stay positive.

We are really young, but (Swan's) success has helped our program to move forward. He was a great golfer and his success at the university and the world of golf is unparalleled among local golfers.

Each company continues to engineer and design new products for the golfer. The No. 2 golfer in the world, Vijay Singh, will go to the president of a golf company about the latest technology to help better his golf game. Making clubs bigger and lighter not only benefits the pros but will help the average golfer.

Ben may be a freshman, but he's not a freshman in maturity. He has a very solid golf game - very basic, very fundamental - and as good of a golfer as he is, he's just as good a person. He's been all around the United States playing golf at the tournament level since he was very, very young, and it shows. We just know he's going to help us out as a team tremendously.

The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or severely, and normally was downwind as well.

We are very proud of our technology leadership in the industry. Our new X-Tour Wedges are an example of how technology combines with human elements -- like the unique touch and great eye of a craftsman like Roger Cleveland and the input of a special golfer like Phil Mickelson -- to create a great product. It's what makes these wedges special and why we think they will become short-game classics.

We are watching here a unique golfer on a unique golf course.

The thing about her is that she is probably about as consistent as any golfer we have on this team. If you look at her numbers from start to finish, she doesn't have bad holes, she avoid big numbers really well and she's getting better each week. She has a great demeanor and I'm just real happy with how she's played.

Without the AJGA, it would be very difficult for the college coaches to find us. Every junior golfer around the country knows about the AJGA and knows that's the way to get to college. And the way to get beyond college.

But no golfer ever likes finishing second and I'll be doing everything I possibly can to go one better this time.

Sometimes it might not be the club that came out No. 1 on the list, simply because the golfer doesn't like the way it looks or sets up behind the ball. If there's something very close and it looks better to the golfer, then maybe they're going to feel better with that. The thing is, you can't give the golfer 50 options because it just becomes too confusing.

Samantha continues to have a phenomenal season. You almost come to expect it because she wins Golfer of the Week every other time she plays. It's amazing.

I have no plans to retire. Jack Nicklaus, of course, is the best golfer of all time and it will be a very emotional week for him as it will still be for me.

The average golfer wouldn't have the vision or the sense for how these greens would be.

I started juggling a long time ago, but long before that, I was a golfer, and that's what I was: a golfer. And as a golfer and as a kid, one of the things that really sort of seeped into my pores, that I sort of lived my whole life, is process. And it's the process of learning things.

Before mental skills can really make a difference, a golfer has to develop swing skills and course management. Focusing on the mental is where a guy like Ernie can make huge strides.

He's lighting it up right now. I haven't seen any other golfer shoot the kind of scores he has consistently. Nobody's playing better.

I wanted to be an announcer that spoke to the everyman. I did not want to be a golfer who held his abilities above the audience. I wanted to talk to them, not down to them. There are 30 million golfers out there and they all suck. So I'm just going to tell them how bad I am and how good these guys are and have fun with it." ()

Nothing has changed just because I'm getting older. I'm a golfer who has wanted to play in the Open since I was a teenager. Just because I'm on the Champions Tour does not mean that I shouldn't want to play in our national championship.

A golfer has to have mixed feelings about shooting his or her age. It's an exciting day when and if it happens, but it also means that you have to be up in years.

A guy once said I was a golfer in a hockey player's body. My swing is like a slap shot in hockey, but I have strong legs and strong arms so I can make things happen with it.

That's the best golfer in the world playing at his best.

You may just need a little tune-up, just like the same way an established golfer would go to a golf pro.

It's a gentleman's game based on honesty. Still, we require that someone see the golfer hit the shot.

It was shattering sitting home watching that. I wanted it, I thought, probably just as much as he did. I had probably looked up to him for 10 years at that point. It was heartbreaking for every golfer in Australia.

This is way beyond expectations. We've got the second best golfer in the state at Aspen High School, and I am really proud of him.

You can't be compared to a Hogan or a Nicklaus until you do it. But... after having dinner with Tiger, he's the most mature 18-year-old golfer I've known.

You realize just how bad a golfer you are when you play with Freddie.