Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Mar 31

"With a fine sea view, a clear course in front of him, the golfer should find no difficulty in dismissing all worries from his mind."
- A. J. Balfour

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 1

"Nothing is more important than swinging the club at a pace you can comfortably control."
- Nick Faldo, Faldo: A Swing for the Ages

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 2

During the 1920s, the Aroostook Valley Country Club was constructed. Since that was at the time of Prohibition, the clubhouse was built in New Brunswick, while the golf shop was in Maine. You see, equipment was cheaper in the United States while members could drink in Canada. Not that it matters, but the course was also located in both countries. Come to think of it, that allowed the golfers to use the smaller ball at the time.

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 3

"Harbour Town is so tough, even your clubs get tired."
- Charles Price, Inside Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 4

"I'm going to have a lot of college to pay for, so I'm definitely going to try to play the Senior Tour."
- Howard Twitty, father of six

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 5

"I owe everything to golf. Where else could a guy with an IQ like mine make this much money."
- Hubert Green

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 6

"Golf is a bloodless sport - - if you don't count ulcers."
- Dick Schaap, Massacre at Winged Foot

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 7

Golfers don't have to be on the course to set records. Mark Baumann of Grand Island, Nebraska, set a record of sorts when he balanced five golf balls on top of each other in 1975. The record was tied by Robert Boyle from Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1982.

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 8

A genuine links course is a golf course on Scottish land next to the sea that is only useful for golf.

[Stan Nehilla]

Apr 9

"Eighty acres of corn and a few cows."
-Dave Hill, on what Hazeltine lacks