Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 7

" He wanted me to change my takeaway, my backswing, my downswing and my follow-through. He said I could still play right-handed."
- Brad Bryant, on receiving instruction from David Leadbetter

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 8

" In playing a single, the novice should neither select for his antagonist one very much worst or very much better than himself. "
- H. B. Farnie

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 9

" Trouble once begun at this hole may never come to an end 'til the card is torn into a thousand fragments."
- Bernard Darwin, on the 11th at St. Andrews

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 10

" Golf swings are like snowflakes. There are no two exactly alike. "
- Peter Jacobsen, Buried Lies

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 11

A plaque at the 12th hole of Seven Lakes Country Club in Palm Springs, California, commemorates the par-3 as the site of the only hole-in-one for avid golfer and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 12

" He plays a game with which I'm not familiar."
- Bobby Jones, on Jack Nicklaus

[tincup]

One of the nice things about the Senior Tour is that we can take a cart and cooler.
If your game is not going well, you can always have a picnic.

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

My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.

Lee Trevino

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 13

" The course is playing the players instead of the players playing the course."
- Walter Hagen, on the 1951 U. S. Open at Oakland Hills

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 14

" Regarding the practice of no other sport perhaps on the face of the Earth is there so much difference of opinion as in that of golf. The confusion and multiplicity of styles that prevail among players are proof enough of this."
- H. B. Farnie

[Stan Nehilla]

Aug 15

Are golfers superstitious? Most are, although few will admit it. Take Chi Chi Rodriguez, for example. He said he marks his birdie putts with a quarter, but switches to a buffalo nickel for pars and eagles. If the quarter isn't working, Chi Chi has been known to change to a gold piece for birdies. Either way , he always places it with heads showing, not tails. One other thing: Chi Chi won't ever use a ball with a higher number than 4.