Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Feb 27

"There's nothing wrong with St. Andrews that 100 bulldozers couldn't put right. The Old Course needs a dry clean and press."
- - Ed Furgol

[Stan Nehilla]

Feb 28

"George, you look perfect - that beautiful knitted shirt, an alpaca sweater and those expensive slacks. You've got an alligator bag, the finest matched irons and the best woods money can buy. It's a damned shame you have to spoil it by playing golf."
- - Lloyd Mangrum, to comedian George Burns

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 1

As a boy in West Virginia, Sam Snead would sneak onto golf courses and play in his bare feet. He later credited barefoot golf for his remarkably balanced swing.

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 2

"He told me just to keep the ball low."
- - Chi Chi Rodriquez, on the advice his caddy gave on a putt

[SteveHorn]

There will never be a show man like Chi Chi. He almost always made it look like he was having fun and his signature sword in scavern move after a big putt made.

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 3

"A decade from now, target golf will be looked back on as the disco of golf course architecture."
- - Peter Jacobsen, Buried Lies

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 4

"Golf is a fickle game and must be wooed to be won."
- - Willie Park Jr.

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 5

A broken left elbow as a child prevented Calvin Peete from fully extending his left arm as an adult. Despite the problem, Peete was the PGA Tour's most accurate driver for 10 consecutive years from 1981 to 1990.

[SteveHorn]

OK ! How many people besides me remember Calvin Peete. I believe they would'nt let him play at the Masters at one time

[Stan Nehilla]

Lee Elder was the first black invited to the Masters in 1975. No black has been barred since.
Peete qualified from 1980 to 1987 and played in all of them . His best finish was T11 in 1986.