The 60 Best Golf Quotes of All Time
At Golfers Authority we are here to not only help you with your physical golf game, but your mental golf game too. That is why we wanted to put together our list of the 60 best golf quotes of all time. These quotes are here to inspire you, gain more confidence, or simply just make you laugh. If you find that we are missing one of your favorite golf quotes be sure to comment in the section below. Note that the quotes are not listed in any particular order. So please read, share, and enjoy.
Golfers Authority Best Golf Quotes of All Time
Keep your sense of humor. There’s enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a good game you’re supposed to enjoy.
Amy Alcott
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Anonymous
Golf is good for the soul you so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
Will Rogers
In golf life it is the follow through that makes a difference.
Anonymous
The worst day of golf beats the best day of work.
Anonymous
Life is better when you’re golfing.
Anonymous
Success in this game depends on strength of body than strength of mind and character.
Arnold Palmer
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
Arnold Palmer
I have a tip to take 5 strokes off anyone’s game … It’s called an eraser.
​Arnold Palmer
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Arnold Palmer
Putting is like wisdom partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.
Arnold Palmer
Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
Asher Eaton
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan
The most important shot in golf is the next one.
Ben Hogan
I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
Ben Hogan
A good player who is a great putter is a match for any golfer. A great hitter who cannot put is a match for no one.
Ben Sayers
The only thing a golfer need is more daylight.
Ben Hogan
He that can have patience can have what he will.
Ben Franklin
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
Ben Hogan
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
Billy Graham
Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
Ben Hogan
Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course: The distance between your ears.
Bobby Jones
Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists.
Heywood Hall Broun
Everybody can see that my swing is homegrown. That means everybody has a chance to do it.
Bubba Watson
Golf’s three ugliest words … Still your shot.
Dave Marr
Golf is a science, the study of a lifetime, in which you can exhaust yourself but never your subject.
Dave Forgan
A routine is not a routine if you have to think about it.
Davis Love Jr.
It’s about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.
Bubba Watson
I’ve taken up golf … or golf has taken me up.
Dennis Farina
Hit the shot you know you can hit, not the one you think you should.
Dr. Bob Rotella
Acting is like golf: Analysis leads to paralysis.
Peter Falk
A good golfer has the determination to win and the patience to wait for breaks.
Gary Player
I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
President Gerald Ford
Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your won as well as your opponent’s.
Grantland Rice
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon at the golf course.
Hank Aaron
For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.
Harry Vardon
While playing golf today i hit two good balls … I stepped on a rake.
Henry Youngman
The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
Hal Irwin
If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
Jack Lemmon
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
Jack Nicklaus
It’s emotional highs and lows in the game of golf.
Jason Day
Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You’ve got to believe.
Jack Nicklaus
In golf, “close” is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Johnny Miller
The value of routine; trusting your swing.
Lorii Myers
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Mark Twain
It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
Mark Twain
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Napoleon Hill
Golf is a game in which you yell “fore”, shoot six, and write down five.
Paul Harvey
I’ve always said, the harder the golf course, the better I play.
Paula Creamer
The object of golf is not just win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.
Phil Mickelson
One thing that golf teaches you is humility.
Robert Wagner
Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
Sam Snead
If I have to believe in myself. I know what I can do, what I can achieve.
Sergio Garcia
Forget your opponents; always play against par.
Sam Snead
I always think under par. You have to believe in yourself.
Sergio Garcia
I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for, getting paid for doing what you love.
Tiger Woods
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
Tiger Woods
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
Tiger Woods
I’m addicted. I’m addicted to golf.
Tiger Woods
Golf will grow so long as it’s fun.
Tom Watson
The game of golf is fragile and I respect that. I think it’s a mirror image of life itself.
Steve Stricker
I just played, and I played my heart out.
Lee Trevino
The 60 Best Golf Quotes of All Time
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