Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 1

"Golf is in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman."
- William Howard Taft

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 2

"They keep calling me a rookie out here. Heck, I've been to three country fairs, a couple of rodeos and a rattlesnake roundup.
I've been around."
- PGA Tour player Hugh Royer III

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 3

"The player may experiment about his swing, his stance. It is only when he begins asking his caddie's advice that he is getting on dangerous ground."
- Sir Walter Simpson

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 4

"If Tommy Bolt had a head on his shoulders, he would have been the best golfer who ever lived."
- Ben Hogan

[stillgolfing]

Jun 4

"If Tommy Bolt had a head on his shoulders, he would have been the best golfer who ever lived."
- Ben Hogan

Stan;
Tommy did have a head on his shoulders. In fact, it was "Bolted" on!
Dave

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 5

"You would like to gather up several holes from Prestwick and mail them to your top 10 enemies."
- Dan Jenkins

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 6

"Golfers as a rule are an exceptionally honest race of men, but uncertain arithmetic is occasionally encountered on the green."
- Henry E. Howland

[Robert D. Wagers]

"I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list." -Lee Trevino

"In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron." -Lee Trevino

"Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket." -Lee Trevino

"You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work." -Lee Trevino

Lee Trevino is a Funny Dude!

[SteveHorn]

Wagers! Funny stuff! I wish the tour today had a few more characters like Trevino, Chi Chi or Zoeller. They would probably end up in hot water joking around and say something that offends somebody in our political correct society of today.

[Stan Nehilla]

Jun 7

The first wooden tee was created in 1920 by Dr. William Lowell, a New Jersey dentist. Before tees were invented, golfers teed up the balls on a tiny wet sand mound.