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Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 7th, 2011, 3:38 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 7

"Hey, is this room out of bounds ?"
- Alex Karras,after hitting a shot through a clubhouse window

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 8th, 2011, 3:31 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 8

Only two women, Pat Bradley and Juli Inkster, have won all four modern women's majors: the U. S. Open, LPGA Championship, Nabisco Dinah Shore and du Maurier Classic.

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 9th, 2011, 3:43 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 9

"I'm a positive thinker. My dad would kill me if I wasn't."
- Dave Stockton Jr. , PGA Tour player

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 10th, 2011, 4:46 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 10

"If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death."
- Sam Snead

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 11th, 2011, 3:09 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 11

"The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself."
- Tom Watson

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 12th, 2011, 3:40 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 12

"The fascinations of golf can only be learned by experience. It is difficult to explain them. It has its humorous and its serious side. It can be begun as soon as you can walk, and once begun it is continued as long as you can see."
- Henry E. Howland

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 5:56 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 13

The tradition of diving into the lake after winning the Nabisco Dinah Shore, a major tournament on the LPGA tour, began in 1988 when Amy Alcott and her caddie raced into the water after setting a tournament record.

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 14th, 2011, 3:48 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 14

"Wherein do the charms of this game lie, that captivate youth and retain their hold till far on in life ? ... It never palls or grows stale, as morning by morning the players appear at the teeing ground with as keen a relish as if they had not seen a club for a month."
- James Balfour

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 15th, 2011, 5:08 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 15

"No, sir. We couldn't 'ave a coincidence like that."
- Scottish Caddie,on being told he was the worst caddie in the world

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: July 16th, 2011, 4:17 am
by Stan Nehilla
Jul 16

"Watson walks about his golf course business like a trial lawyer going from one courtroom to the next."
- Al Barkow, Golf's Golden Grind



Jul 17

Golfers at the TPC Sawgrass Course, home of the PGA Tour in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida are advised not to fish balls out of the numerous lakes to avoid confronting alligators.


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