Nothelle Golf Quotes

When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater. ~ Jack Nicklaus

I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly. ~ Babe Didrikson Zaharias

McIlroy's taken the standard of golf to one level beyond where Tiger was. ~ Colin Montgomerie

Irish gardens beat all for horror. With 19 gardeners, Lord Talbot of Malahide has produced an affair exactly like a suburban golf course. ~ Nancy Mitford

I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach. ~ Bailey Chase

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ~ Jack Lemmon

I mean, I think having a great family like I do. You know, I tend to want to give it all I have when I'm at the golf course, and then when I leave I don't want to think about golf at all. And I just remind myself almost daily that golf's just my job, it's not who I am. ~ Webb Simpson

I'll tell you what kind of red hair he had. I started playing golf when I was only ten years old. I remember once, the summer I was around twelve, teeing off and all, and having a hunch that if I turned around all of a sudden, I'd see Allie. So I did, and sure enough, he was sitting on his bike outside the fence
there was this fence that went all around the course
and he was sitting there, about a hundred and fifty yards behind me, watching me tee off. That's the kind of red hair he had. ~ J.D. Salinger

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight. ~ Sandy Koufax

You stand up to that challenging shot, you put yourself into that shot, and you pour yourself into it confidently. Stand up and commit yourself completely. If you miss it, you miss it certainly. You've done everything you can. ~ Debbie Massey

It's an individual sport (golf), so it's the exact opposite of baseball. If you hit a bad shot, you can't say, 'Well, this happened.' It's just you. It's your shot. You can't point the finger at anybody but yourself. ~ Albert Belle

I never played a perfect 18 holes. There is no such thing. I expect to make at least seven mistakes a round. Therefore, when I make a bad shot, I don't worry about it. It is just one of the seven. ~ Walter Hagen

I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach. ~ Betsy Rawls

I like playing a bit of golf. But, if people went around beating people to
death with golf clubs, I'd say, 'Ban golf. I'll take up tennis' ~ Stephen Merchant

When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life. ~ Taylor Kitsch

Golf is a better game played downhill. ~ Jack Nicklaus

[When asked how someone 6'3 had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf. ~ Carol Mann

If you have a golf-ball-sized consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf-ball-sized understanding; when you look out a window, a golf-ball-sized awareness, when you wake up in the morning, a golf-ball-sized wakefulness; and as you go about your day, a golf-ball-sized inner happiness. But if you can expand that consciousness, make it grow, then when you read about that book, you'll have more understanding; when you look out, more awareness; when you wake up, more wakefulness; as you go about your day, more inner happiness. ~ David Lynch

I don't feel badly about that. There's a lot of energy on the golf course. The guys are playing great. I like the pairings in the afternoon. I'm going to take what we've got. ~ Hal Sutton

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

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing. ~ Bryan Clay

After you have the basics down it's all mental. ~ Ken Venturi

I'm very surprised - midway through my second glass of red wine last night, I really didn't think I'd be standing here with a trophy in my hands. ~ Graeme McDowell

Golf is the one game I know
which becomes more and more
difficult the longer one plays it. ~ Bobby Jones

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training. ~ Yogi Berra

I am ashamed to report that my father, who is 73, has never been beaten by any of his four sons in golf. We have all become resigned to the fact that he has determined that he won't be beaten. ~ Robert Kennedy

Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging. ~ Marcus Aurelius

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun. ~ Mike Weir

A golf course can be a very risky place in the early evening for those who aren't aware of the dangers. Who knows when a golf ball might come flying out of nowhere? ~ Haruki Murakami

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. ~ Ben Hogan

What makes a great golf course is continuity and variety: right-to-left holes, left-to-right holes. ~ Amy Alcott

I like to have a sense of accomplishment through work. I'm busy golfing and attending activities, but I think of holding a meeting as playing golf. I think my approach is very good. I don't feel I lose a lot of fun things in life even though I am busy all day. ~ Liang Wengen

We're on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It's a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf. ~ Bob Hope

There are certain books that I mean to read and keep stacked by my bedside. I even take them on trips. Some of my books should be awarded their own frequent-flier miles, they've traveled so much. I take these volumes on flight after flight with the best of intentions and then end up reading anything and everything else. (Sky Mall! Golf Digest!) ~ Will Schwalbe

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically. ~ Pete Sampras

What abandoned course is that? ~ Sam Snead

I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can. ~ Bo Jackson

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something. ~ Ray Romano