Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 29

"My rule of thumb is to subtract 15 percent and then guess."
-Davis Love III, On club selection at mile-high Castle Pines

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 30

"If you were asked to imagine what flavor of ice cream would describe your golf swing, I would like to hear you answer vanilla."
- Harvey Penick, And if You Play Golf, You're My Friend

[Stan Nehilla]

May 1

During the 1926 British Open, Bobby Jones forgot his badge that enabled him to enter the grounds so he could compete. He tried to get through the gate, but an official turned him away. Jones simply went to the public entrance and bought a ticket. Of course, he won the championship.

[Stan Nehilla]

May 2

"If profanity had any influence on the flight of the ball, the game would be played far better than it is."
- Horace Hutchinson

[Stan Nehilla]

May 3

"It is this constant and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth the playing."
- Bernard Darwin

[Stan Nehilla]

May 4

There have been metaphors for how gently a golf club should be held, how light the pressure should be on the handle. Foe example, hold it as if it were an overripe tomato, or a balloon you don't want to pop. But Jimmy Demeret, who wore extremely colorful clothes to match his sunny personality and sensual nature, had the most memorable: "Hold the club as though it were the girl you want to marry."

[Stan Nehilla]

May 5

"If you pick up a golfer and hold it close to your ear, like a conch shell, and listen, you will hear an alibi."
- Fred Beck

[Stan Nehilla]

May 6

"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies."
- Will Rogers

[Stan Nehilla]

May 7

"It will take three fine shots to get there in two , sir."
- Scottish caddie

[Stan Nehilla]

May 8

"The most common error of all in getting ready to play a golf shot, of which 99 percent of players are guilty is plonking the feet down, then placing the club behind the ball."
- John Jacobs, Play Better Golf