Time to relax, refresh and reflect
It’s summertime — a time to relax, refresh and reflect. It’s also a time to quit worrying about your golf game and enjoy time on the course with friends.
Below is a collection of quotes from famous golfers and others who’ve played the game. Enjoy:
“A round of golf should permit eighteen inspirations.” — A.W. Tillinghast
“Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.” — Arnold Palmer
“The more I practice, the luckier I get.” — Gary Player
“A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.” — Payne Stewart
“You’ve got to have the guts not to be afraid to screw up.” — Fuzzy Zoeller
“I don’t think it’s healthy to take yourself too seriously.” — Payne Stewart
“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.” — Arnold Palmer
“You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.” — Lee Trevino
“The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.” — Bobby Jones
“Golf is a good walk spoiled.” — Mark Twain
“Every shot counts. The three-foot putt is as important as the 300-yard drive.” — Henry Cotton
“It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.” — Hank Aaron
“Golf is a compromise between what your ego wants you to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.” — Bruce Crampton
“You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.” — Bobby Jones
“A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.” — Jack Nicklaus
“Golf tells you much about character. Play a round of golf with someone, and you know them more intimately than you might from years of dinner parties.” — Harvey Penick
“The two things that motivate me most are fear of failure and a desire for self-improvement.” — Jack Nicklaus
“You are what you think you are, in golf and in life.” — Raymond Floyd
“The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.” — Bobby Jones
“Golf is going to test you, but the test is a game.” — Tom Watson
Always remember this John Daly quote: “Golf, like life, should be enjoyable.”
Dr. Jean Harris is an LPGA Master Professional and teaches at local golf courses. jean.golfdoctor.harris@gmail.com;
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