Why do golf courses have 18 holes - not 20, or 10, or an even dozen? During a discussion among the club’s membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, a senior member pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out! Golf is a good walk spoiled. - Mark Twain I'm a golfer, not an athlete. - Lee Westwood Golf is a puzzle without an answer. - Gary Player Work: The thing that interferes with golf. - Frank Dane Golf, like measles, should be caught young. - P G Wodehouse Where there's a Will there's a Fairway. - Unknown Forget your opponents; always play against par. - Sam Snead Teetotaler: A golfer who only keeps track of drives - Daffynitions joe-ks.com The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. - Will Rogers When I die, bury me on the golf course so my husband will visit. - Unknown You realize just how bad a golfer you are when you play with Freddie. - Donald Trump I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course? - Babe Ruth Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. - Will Rogers If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business. - Joey Adams They call it golf because all of the other four-letter names were taken. - Ray Floyd I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators. - Gerald R. Ford In golf as in life, it's the follow-through that makes the difference. - Unknown Show me a good loser and I'll show you a man playing golf with his boss. - Unknown It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. - H L Mencken If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. - Jack Lemmon I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course. - Groucho Marx Sometimes the game of golf is just too difficult to endure with a golf club in your hands. - Bobby Jones One of the quickest ways to meet new people is to pick up the wrong ball on a golf course. - Unknown I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser. - Arnold Palmer If NASA really wants to find water on Mars, they should just send me there to hit a golf ball. - Gene Jaster They say that life is a lot like golf - don't believe them. Golf is a lot more complicated. - Gardner Dickinson Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks, and hitting things with a stick. - P.J. O'Rourke The biggest battle is never on the field, the fairway, the diamond or rink: it's in your mind. - Carey Neuhoff I played golf. I didn't get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. That's way more satisfying. - Mitch Hedberg Of all the useless things a person can do, limerick writing is right up there with golf and fishing. - Garrison Keillor I carry a golf ball to put under my feet when they get tight, and a Ther-Band for general stretching. - Jessica Ennis-Hill If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. - Bob Hope The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. - Bertrand Russell Golf is like any other sports competition. There is not a whole lot of point to it unless someone suffers. - Kevin Wohl Give me my golf clubs, fresh air, and a beautiful partner, and you can keep my golf clubs and the fresh air. - Jack Benny The biggest thing is just routine. I think that's the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players. - Stephen Curry Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. - Tiger Woods I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day. - Michael J. Fox Golf is like a love affair: If you don't take it seriously, it's no fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart. - Arthur Daley I don't know him very well... I've played him at golf and beat him badly both times, and I think that probably had a negative impact on him. - Donald Trump see also Golf Section 1940 English Golf Rules Ambulance Caddy Aussie Golf Balls Removed Beginner’s Golf Brady Balls Camo Golf Balls Corporate Balls Extreme Golf in Mongolia Florida Golf Hazard Golf Ball Resort Golf Birdie in Hawaii Golf Break Golf Gimme Golf in South America Golf Language Golf Like I Do Golf Potty Putter Golf Restroom Golf Rule Changes for Senior Golfers Golf Wisdom Golfers and Scotch Golfer’s Water Hole High Stakes Golf Hole In One Laws Of Golf Men’s Golf Rules Navy Golf Course for Aircraft Carriers Only Need One Golf Ball Outback Golf Course PARfect Golf Senior’s Golf Cart Son Braggarts on the Golf Course They Found Your Balls Voodoo Golf Tree World’s Hardest Golf Shot |
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