Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Good putting starts with seeing the ball going into the hole before you take your stance - in fact, before you even take your putter in hand."
- Dave Stockton, Dave Stockton's Putt to Win

[Stan Nehilla]

May 10

"There is one essential only in the golf swing: The ball must be hit."
- Sir Walter Simpson

[SteveHorn]

So thats where I keep screwing up.

[Stan Nehilla]

May 11

In the 1975 Ryder Cup, Jack Nicklaus, the game's best player, lost in a morning singles match to Brian Barnes, 4 and 3. Nicklaus requested to play Barnes again in the afternoon singles - and lost again, 2 and 1.

[Stan Nehilla]

May 12

"One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball."
- Don Carter

[stillgolfing]

May 10

"There is one essential only in the golf swing: The ball must be hit."
- Sir Walter Simpson

Unfortunately, to achieve that one essential consistantly you must eliminate the thought from you mind. One of many reasons golf aint that simple. Sir stillgolfing.

[Stan Nehilla]

May 13

"Nothing contributes more to the popularity of golf than its almost endless variety."
- John L. Low

[Stan Nehilla]

May 14

The lowest score ever shot in any golf tournament was a 55 shot by Homero Blancas when he was an amatuer and playing in the 1962 Oil Premier Invitational in Longview Texas. Blancas put together a front nine of 27 and a back nine of 28 for a round of 55. He had 13 birdies and one eagle, and used only 20 putts.

The golf course where Blancas' 55 was posted no longer exists. It was a 9-holer with two different tee boxes on each hole to create a different look for the "front nine" and "back nine," and was a par-70 layout. The course was only slightly longer than 5,000 yards, according to a Golf Digest article about the round, but had tiny, domed greens and out-of-bounds markers that tightly lined every hole.

At one time, Blancas' round of 55 was included in the Guinness book. However, the Guinness people later instituted a requirement that a course must measure at least 6,500 yards for the purposes of this record, and Blancas' 55 was removed from the book.

It remains, however, the only known round of 55 on a golf course with a regulation par.

[Stan Nehilla]

May 15

"All my life I've wanted to play like Jack Nicklaus, and now i do."
- Paul Harvey, after Nicklaus shot an 83 in a tournament

[Indy Anna Jones]

IIRC Jack made the same comment about himself and that round. Among his other talents, he has a wicked sense of humor. I don't care how many titles Woods ends up, Jack is the once and future king!