Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 27

"I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I don't play."
- Joe E. Lewis

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 28

In the 1992 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Gene Sauers birdied all four playoff holes - - - and still lost the tournament to John Cook. Cook birdied three holes and chipped in on the fourth for a winning eagle.

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 29

"A cardinal rule for the club breaker is never to break your putter and driver in the same match or your dead."
- Tommy Bolt, How to Keep Your Temper on the Golf Course

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 30

"A secret disbelief in the enemy's play is very useful for match play."
- Sir Walter Simpson

[Stan Nehilla]

Jul 1

"I've got a lawnmower back in Texas. I'll send it over."
- Ben Hogan, at the 1953 Open at Carnoustie

[Stan Nehilla]

Jul 2

"Augusta is one type of course and I'm another type of golfer."
- Lee Trevino, They Call Me Super Mex

[Stan Nehilla]

Jul 3

In 1972, the town council of St. Andrews, Scotland declared American amateur legend Bobby Jones a freeman of the town. At the council's request, the 10th hole of the famed Old Course was renamed Bobby Jones.

[Stan Nehilla]

Jul 4

The first permanent and still-existing golf club in the United States is St. Andrews Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. It was formed by the Apple Tree Gang in 1888.

[Stan Nehilla]

Jul 5

"Par is whatever I say it is. I've got one hole that's a par-23 and yesterday I damn near birdied the sucker."
- Willie Nelson, on the course he built himself

[Stan Nehilla]

July 6

"My butterflies are still going strong. I just hope they are flying in formation."
- Larry Mize