He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf invented at the same moment.
Golf Quotes (1446 Quotes)
You figured most of them would probably marry dopey guys. Guys that talk about how many miles they get to a gallon in their goddam cars. Guys that get sore and childish as hell if you beat them at golf, or even just some stupid game like ping-pong. Guys that are very mean. Guys that never read books.
I try to avoid doing any business on the golf course, ... because my golf is so bad it might lead someone to try to take advantage of me on the grounds that my business sense must be as bad as my golf skills.
This is why I came back. This is the only reason that I took this little challenge to come back and play the Tour ... to see if I had what it takes to contend, to see if I have what it takes to possibly win a golf tournament.
Sometimes the game of golf is just too difficult to endure with a golf club in your hands.
I played golf... I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. That's way more satisfying...
I really don't see it being an issue, unless for some reason I have an incident this week on the golf course, or off the golf course, ... I certainly hope that doesn't happen.
It's not disappointing at all. I played a good, solid round of golf today under tough conditions, and I came back from a disappointing day yesterday. I feel good about leaving here.
It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.
I'm pretty ecstatic about it. It helped having some bigger schools there for competition, and Regina played really well, too. It was a perfect day for golf, though that tournament is notorious for bad weather. The course really played well for them -- flat and open. They're used to a tight course at Macbride.
It just sounds like it's going to be a great track. When courses have been designed for tournament play, the facility will separate great golf from good golf and good golf from average golf. It sound like a course that will punish you if you're not on.
I'm really pumped because I'll be playing with her the next two days. It's always a plus when you get to play with her. Hopefully, I'll play good golf.
I guess the word was battled - I got it around. It was a good day for that. As the week's gone on, the golf course has changed and it's starting to show its teeth because it's getting firmer and faster on the greens.
I didn't realize he can throw garbage pretty good. Yeah, he's a trash-talker. You wouldn't believe it looking at him, the voice of CBS golf. I do it a lot, and I was surprised at how much he slings it back.
The last few times I saw him, he kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger. And we worried about him. I saw him about five months ago. He always tries to invite me. He says, 'Come to Arizona, and we'll play some golf.
Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us play and see us in action, but they also want to interact with us.
I don't know about the rest of the folks, but I won't be ready for a golf tournament in 30 days.
We are delighted to be associated with this new sporting venture. These are exciting times for Bahrain sport. It should be a good week of golf, with some real stars on show, and we look forward to playing our part in making it all happen.
I think whatever the Tour is doing, I think they're doing it for the better of golf,
I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.
I think the membership is proud of the golf course and the condition it is in and is interested in seeing how the college kids are going to fare on what we consider to be a pretty challenging course.
They've totally eliminated what Bobby Jones tried to do in the game of golf. Bobby Jones believed golf was primarily a second-shot game.
I don't think that the way I plan on playing the golf course is any different being ahead as it would be being behind. I think you have to take what the course gives you.
The American businessman is somebody who talks about golf all morning long in the office, then for the rest of the day discusses business on the golf course.
Probably because it's unique. People want to belong somewhere. It's a country club lifestyle without the golf course in the back.
A wife can sometimes be a deterrent to a good game of golf,
They've been the best parents in the world, ... I mean, they have given up everything for me. Moving across the country just for my golf. I couldn't have done this without them.
He's one of our icons in Houston. He's done so much for so many people. It's such a huge, huge loss. He's had such a big impact on golf at all levels. It's just devastating.
He's no longer the golf coach, we'll put it that way.
A. J. and I were about as competitive as two people can be. Actually, competitive is a big understatement. It could be in golf, poker, basketball - we just compete. That's a big reason why we both have done so well in competitive situations. It's a huge part of us.
Tiger would probably be a lot like Roger if all the golf tournaments were match play. Tiger is phenomenal, but he can't stop somebody from doing something. Besides the guys hoping that Federer loses, he's always got the opportunity to stop the other guy.
It's beyond my comprehension why it would be something that would get to that level. I can't for the life of me figure out why it's that complicated and why golf is so high on the radar screen.
Retirement isn't what it used to be -- getting the gold watch, moving to Florida and playing golf, ... People want to stay in the work force to feel viable.
Absolutely. What I'm trying to do is get better at having a well-rounded game. I know that that quality of golf is going to put me in contention more often, and that's really what it is about -- being in contention.
I had my opportunities. Lucas shot 65 and birdied the last two holes. He did everything he could to win a golf tournament. My hat's off to him. He's a great young player.
In a nutshell, the agreement affirms that the clubhouse association has sole ownership of the golf course, buildings and all facilities therein. As part of the agreement that is not disputed.
Torrey Pines is making money and it subsidizes the rest of the golf system. What we're trying to do is make Balboa pay it's own way, so the system is stronger as a whole.
In 120 days it will be almost groomed and ready to play golf.
Well to almost hole your second shot on the first, I'd say that was almost a perfect start. I birdied one, three, four and eight and was four-under after eight, so yeah, that was a good round of golf.
That was definitely one of the hardest rounds of golf I've played in my life. It seemed like everything was going the wrong way.
When I first saw the course 18 years ago, it was so intimidating. It was a new style of golf, a new concept. So it took some time for guys to learn to like it. It's a great venue, because it's the most precise golf we have to play all year. You have to hit fairways and greens there. There's none of this hit-four-out-of-14-fairways-and-still- shoot-68 on that golf course.
I think it's great for golf. I don't see any problem with it, if it helps our sponsor.
If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
The more Randy does with his property, the more he stabilizes the area. We'd be tickled to death if he would expand his family center even further. He has talked about some day putting in miniature golf. His influence on the neighborhood has been nothing but positive.
It's a hard shot and it comes at a very pressure time in the round. It's a mountain top within a mountain top at the golf course.
It's sad to see, but that's golf. I thought my chances were gone. I wasn't expecting what happened. Thankfully, we got to the 18th tee and par was good enough.
What everybody saw on TV speaks for itself. I mean, any sane person ... realizes that it was a little ridiculous. I really felt after Friday that they were going to let this happen to the golf course. They looked up at the scoreboard and see all those red numbers and panic. They don't want 10 under to win their tournament, and that's just the philosophy that they've had forever. Maybe this will be something they can re-evaluate.
I remember there was a lake on the left because they threw me in the lake when I won. I didn't care, I won the golf tournament.
Tiger is not playing as well as he did then. Guys like Vijay, Phil (Mickelson), Davis (Love) and me have elevated a little bit, and the gap has closed a bit. I think guys get to the first tee and really believe they can win with Tiger in the field. Golf will humble the best of them and that's where we are.
I knew today I could shoot myself out of the tournament and I didn't want to do that. I wanted to play consistent, steady golf. I've been doing that now for six rounds of golf going back to The Open, and in truth I'm looking forward to continuing it on.