50 Golf Quotes So Good You’ll Want It on Your Wall
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50 Golf Quotes to Inspire, Amuse, and Motivate
Inspirational Golf Quotes
- “Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.” – Arnold Palmer
- “The most important shot in golf is the next one.” – Ben Hogan
- “You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.” – Bobby Jones
- “Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears.” – Arnold Palmer
- “Don’t be too proud to take lessons. I’m not.” – Jack Nicklaus
- “Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.” – Arnold Palmer
- “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player
- “Golf is not just an exercise; it’s an adventure, a romance... a Shakespeare play in which disaster and comedy are intertwined.” – Harold Segall
- “Golf is about how well you accept, respond to, and score with your misses.” – Dr. Bob Rotella
- “A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.” – Payne Stewart
Funny Golf Quotes
- “The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can’t see him laughing.” – Phyllis Diller
- “They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.” – Raymond Floyd
- “If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.” – Jack Lemmon
- “I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s golf game: It’s called an eraser.” – Arnold Palmer
- “Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.” – William Wordsworth
- “I’m hitting the woods just great, but having a terrible time getting out of them.” – Harry Toscano
- “I play in the low 80s. If it’s any hotter than that, I won’t play.” – Joe E. Lewis
- “Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.” – Chi Chi Rodriguez
- “It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” – Hank Aaron
- “Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.” – P.J. O’Rourke
Motivational Golf Quotes
- “Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.” – Jack Nicklaus
- “Every shot counts. The three-foot putt is as important as the 300-yard drive.” – Henry Cotton
- “Hit the shot you know you can hit, not the one you think you should.” – Dr. Bob Rotella
- “To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.” – P.G. Wodehouse
- “Pressure is what you feel when you don't know what you’re doing.” – Chuck Noll
- “Golf teaches you how to behave.” – Jack Nicklaus
- “There’s no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.” – Lee Trevino
- “Golf is the closest game to the game we call life.” – Bobby Jones
- “In golf, as in life, it’s the follow-through that makes the difference.” – Anonymous
- “You miss 100% of the putts you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (also true for golf!)
Legendary Quotes by Golf Champions
- “Play it as it lies.” – Tommy Armour
- “Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.” – Ray Knight
- “Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.” – Paul Harvey
- “I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying.” – Arnold Palmer
- “I smile at obstacles.” – Tiger Woods
- “You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.” – Lee Trevino
- “Golf is a game where the ball always lies poorly and the player always lies well.” – Anonymous
- “Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I’ve played the game for 50 years and I still haven’t the slightest idea how to play.” – Gary Player
- “A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.” – Jack Nicklaus
- “Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course – the distance between your ears.” – Bobby Jones
Timeless Wisdom for the Wall
- “What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.” – Arnold Palmer
- “Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.” – P.G. Wodehouse
- “The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.” – Sam Snead
- “When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.” – Paul Brown
- “Golf: the only sport where you can dress like a pimp and nobody cares.” – Steve Martin
- “Golf is a game where you always aim to be better, even if you're already great.” – Anonymous
- “Success in this game depends less on strength of body than strength of mind and character.” – Arnold Palmer
- “It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.” – Mark Twain
- “A routine is not a routine if you have to think about it.” – Davis Love Jr.
- “Golf is a science, the study of a lifetime, in which you can exhaust yourself but never your subject.” – David Forgan
