Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 5

Golf course architect Pete Dye was once asked what constituted a "great" golf course. His response cut to the heart of so-called greatness and it reflected a touch of cynicism. " A great championship course," said Dye, " has the Atlantic Ocean on one side, the Pacific Ocean on the other and Arnold Palmer winning a tournament on it."

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 6

" The cardinal error which players commit today when thay practice is to nudge each shot onto a perfect lie."
- Gene Sarazen, The Complete Golfer

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 7

" Your financial cost can best be figured when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of golf , you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks."
- Buddy Hackett

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 8

" There are two kinds of golf - - - golf and tournament golf. They are not the same."
- Bobby Jones

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 9

" I'm hitting the ball so terrible, I'm too disgusted to even practice."
- Mark Calcavecchia

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 10

The Spectacular success of the Senior PGA Tour can be seen in its money leaders. In 1980, Don January won just $44,100 in the tours first year. In 1990, Lee Trevino became the first senior to win $1 million in a single seasonon the tour. In 2002, when it became the Champions Tour, Hale Irwin surpassed $3 million.

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 11

" If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her."
- Gary Player

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 12

" Eighteen holes of match or medal play will tell you more about your foe than will eighteen years of dealing with him across a desk."
- Grantland Rice

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 13

The first golf balls were made of wood. The next were leather balls filled with goose feathers, followed by rubber balls, gutta-percha balls and then modern wound balls.

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 14

" I know I got drunk last night, but how did I wind up at Squaw Valley ?"
- Jimmy Demaret , on waking up to see Pebble Beach covered with snow