Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 6

" When they start hitting back, it's time to quit."
- Henry Ransom, When his shot from the beach at Cypress Point Club rebounded off a rock and hit him in his stomach

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 7

" You've just got one problem. You stand too close to the ball - - - - after you hit it."
- Sam Snead

[Stan Nehilla]

November 8

" I go to the first tee scared to death every day. The peaks do not seem to last as long as the valleys in this game."
- J. C. Snead

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 9

Claude Harmon, head pro at Winged Foot Golf Club, was perhaps the greatest club professional ever. He won the 1948 Masters, was third in the 1959 U.S. Open and twice reached the semifinals of the PGA Championship, all while developing a reputation as a top teaching professional.

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 10

" Oh, hang it! With so many things to be thought of all at once, steady play is impossible."
- Sir Walter Simpson

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 11

" Greg is one of the classiest ever to play this game. That's why he's so popular with all the other players, even when he beats us."
- Peter Jacobsen, on Greg Norman , Game Day

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 12

" I don't know if I'll be allowed to play the Senior Tour anymore. My knee's only a few months old, my back is 17 years old and I recently got a new hip. I might be to young now."
- George Archer

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 13

In 1552, Archbishop Hamilton of Scotland was granted a permit to raise rabbits in the town of St. Andrews as long as the rabbits and their grazing didn't interfere with the citizens' ability to play golf on what is now the Old Course.

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 14

" My sole ambition in the game is to do well enough to give it up. "
- David Feherty

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 15

" At my best, I never came close to the golf Byron Nelson shoots."
- Bobby Jones