"I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose."
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"It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it."
"I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs."
"I find golf very relaxing. It's a way to get away from work and get outside. It's a lot of fun, and once you get going it's almost kind of addictive."
"Prayer never works for me on the golf course. That may have something to do with my being a terrible putter."
"I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was twelve. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are; if you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you."
"Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat."
"What makes a great golf course is continuity and variety: right-to-left holes, left-to-right holes."
"Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over."
"Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation."
"There are two basic rules which should never be broken. Be subtle. And don't, for God's sake, try to do business with anyone who's having a bad game."
"Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood."
"Hitting a golf ball correctly is the most sophisticated and complicated maneuver in all of sports, with the possible exception of eating a hot dog at a ball game without getting mustard on your shirt."
"Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses."
"After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here."
"Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge."
"Concentrating for four hours will wear you out mentally."
"You may be sick of what you did the first half of your life, but you don't just have to walk around and play golf or do nothing... It's not like fifty is the new thirty. It's like fifty is the new chapter."
"Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score."
"There's not much pressure on the golf Tour. Walking to the first tee is in no way comparable to walking through the jungle in combat"