Bobby Jones

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies.

Golf is a game that's played on a five-inch course - the distance between your ears.

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.

If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.

Golf is a game that is played on a five inch course the distance between your ears.