Golf Strokes Crossword Quotes

Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into a hole which is of sufficient size to accomodate it by a good margin. Simple that is, provided there is no limit upon the time or the number of strokes required. ~ Bobby Jones

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own. ~ Ben Hogan

He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success. ~ Bobby Jones

President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes. ~ Bob Hope

I have an insane desire to shave a stroke or two off my handicap. ~ Alistair Cooke

Painting is like golf; the fewer strokes I take, the better the picture. ~ John Marin

If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head. ~ Harry Vardon

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. ~ Lee Trevino

A golf hole is so small. It's almost like they don't want me to put my penis in it. In just a few more strokes, I'll be finished with this round. ~ Jarod Kintz

Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home. ~ A. W. Tillinghast

Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes. ~ Hayley Mills

They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

Such is putting! 2% technique, 98% inspiration or confidence or touch ... the only thing great putters have in common is touch and that is the critical ingredient ... none of them found it through mechanizing a stroke, nor do I believe they could maintain it that way. ~ Jack Nicklaus

I grew up playing hockey and baseball, so I wish I had time to get back into it, but living in L.A. and North Carolina, you have to take advantage of the golf. ~ Diego Klattenhoff

That little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?" ... "or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve." ~ Fuzzy Zoeller

If you ever loved anything in your life, try to remember it. If you ever betrayed anything, pretend for a moment that you have been forgiven. If you ever feared anything, pretend for an instant that those days are gone and will never return. Buy the lie and hold to it for as long as you can. Press your familiar, whatever its name, to your breast and stroke it till it purrs. ~ Roger Zelazny

It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85. ~ David Duval

I am the toughest golfer mentally. ~ Tiger Woods

I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I enjoy all sports, not just football. I like basketball, baseball, and I got into the World Cup. So really, sports in general are my life, and football specifically. ~ John Madden

Jack Nicklaus is a legend in his spare time. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

After all, golf is only a game,' said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realise what they're saying. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

I wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I thought you might like to have it done in needlepoint and mounted in a suitable frame to hang over Little John's bed. It says, The rewards of golf - and of life, too, I expect - are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules." I never heard from Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I can only conclude that the letter went astray. ~ Alistair Cooke

Ieyascu looks bright and flat, heavy strokes on an invisible canvas. ~ Alaya Dawn Johnson

Americans are less mystical about what produced their inland or meadow courses; they are the product of the bulldozerm rotary ploughs, mowers, sprinkler systems and alarmingly generous wads of folding money. ~ Alistair Cooke

The casting of the brash United States Army Air Force officer Colonel Robert E. Hogan and the pompous German Luftwaffe officer Colonel Wilhelm Klink was inspired. For this series - a comedy with the serious backdrop of war - to succeed, the lead players had to be the perfect fit. The dynamic portrayal of this military odd couple had to be articulate, accurate, and precise. For the show to work, for the concept to be accepted, for one of the most outlandish premises in television history to be believed, the actors signed to play the two leading characters not only had to bring these extreme individuals to life with broad, fictional strokes, they had to make them real in the details. ~ Carol M. Ford

I like to play snooker, golf as well. ~ John Terry

I think golfers get over-concerned about results. Enjoy the process: enjoy the opportunity to play. ~ Wendy Ward

ESPN, is having the ability to foretell future outcomes in sports. ~ Anthony Liccione

A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and aliens. ~ George Edward Woodberry

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