Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.
Pete Dye

[Stan Nehilla]

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling, and golf. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with golf.
Andrew Perry

[tincup]

A ball you searched for for five minutes will be found in five seconds by a player in the first foursome behind you.

[Stan Nehilla]

Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good, unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off.
Bruce Lansky

[Stan Nehilla]

I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?"
Jack Lemmon

[tincup]

It is often necessary to hit a second drive to appreciate the first one.

[Stan Nehilla]

It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying "Shhh" and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.
Al McGuire

[Stan Nehilla]

I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.
John Daly

[tincup]

If you stop for a beer at the end of the round, you will hear someone bitching about a 78.

[Stan Nehilla]

As far as swing and techniques are concerned, I don't know diddly squat. When I'm playing well, I don't even take aim.
Fred Couples