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Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 1st, 2011, 6:11 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 1
"Golf is in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman."
- William Howard Taft
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 2nd, 2011, 5:13 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 2
"They keep calling me a rookie out here. Heck, I've been to three country fairs, a couple of rodeos and a rattlesnake roundup.
I've been around."
- PGA Tour player Hugh Royer III
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 3rd, 2011, 4:20 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 3
"The player may experiment about his swing, his stance. It is only when he begins asking his caddie's advice that he is getting on dangerous ground."
- Sir Walter Simpson
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 4th, 2011, 5:46 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 4
"If Tommy Bolt had a head on his shoulders, he would have been the best golfer who ever lived."
- Ben Hogan
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 4th, 2011, 8:04 am
by stillgolfing
Stan Nehilla wrote:Jun 4
"If Tommy Bolt had a head on his shoulders, he would have been the best golfer who ever lived."
- Ben Hogan
Stan;
Tommy did have a head on his shoulders. In fact, it was "Bolted" on!
Dave
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 5th, 2011, 5:07 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 5
"You would like to gather up several holes from Prestwick and mail them to your top 10 enemies."
- Dan Jenkins
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 6th, 2011, 4:27 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 6
"Golfers as a rule are an exceptionally honest race of men, but uncertain arithmetic is occasionally encountered on the green."
- Henry E. Howland
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 6th, 2011, 12:20 pm
by Robert D. Wagers
"I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list." -Lee Trevino
"In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron." -Lee Trevino
"Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket." -Lee Trevino
"You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work." -Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino is a Funny Dude!
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 6th, 2011, 12:33 pm
by SteveHorn
Wagers! Funny stuff! I wish the tour today had a few more characters like Trevino, Chi Chi or Zoeller. They would probably end up in hot water joking around and say something that offends somebody in our political correct society of today.
Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf
Posted: June 7th, 2011, 4:26 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jun 7
The first wooden tee was created in 1920 by Dr. William Lowell, a New Jersey dentist. Before tees were invented, golfers teed up the balls on a tiny wet sand mound.