Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 6

"I'll take a two-shot penalty, but I'll be damned if I'm going to play the ball where it lies."
- - Elaine Johnson, after her ball hit a tree and bounced back into her bra

[tincup]

What are the odds of that happening? I guess one could make a case for her not having to play the ball at all. After all, it is already in the cups.

[DC#1]

Good one Dar, LOL.

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 7

If it weren't for golf, I'd probably be a caddie today."
- - George Archer

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 8

"I know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators."
- - Gerald Ford

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 9

"The way I putted, I must have been reading the greens in Spanish and putting them in English."
- - Homero Blancas

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 10

"Many golfers have a habit of observing, before playing, that they have a very bad lie, so as to discount, to themselves and others, the discredit of their prospective miss."
- - Horace Hutchinson

[tincup]

Mar 10

"Many golfers have a habit of observing, before playing, that they have a very bad lie, so as to discount, to themselves and others, the discredit of their prospective miss."
- - Horace Hutchinson

Huh? That's a head-scratcher there. Is he saying "make up your excuse before you hit?"
Dar

[Stan Nehilla]

That's exactly what he said ! ! !

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 11

During a qualifying round for the 1988 Standard Register Turquoise Classic, Mary Bea Porter-King jumped a fence to save a small boy drowning in a backyard pool. After administering CPR, Porter-King resumed her round. She did not qualify for the tournament.