Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 18

Electric golf carts were first introduced into the world of golf in the late 1950s. Now more than 90 percent of all golfers in the United States ride in carts.

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 19

" When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller."
- Bobby Locke

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 20

The most difficult short 18-hole course in the world is the 4,785-yard, par-65 Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club in the Highlands of Scotland. The course record is only 60. The course runs up and down the side of a mountain.

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 31

" The main thing for the novice or the average golfer is to keep any conscious hand action out of his swing."
- Ben Hogan, Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 22

The first golf course ever constructed in the United States was Oakhurst Links Golf Club in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in 1884. It no longer exists.

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 23

" The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims he plays the game merely for exercise."
- Tommy Bolt, Golf: A good Walk Spoiled

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 24

Arnold Palmer was the first player on the PGA Tour to win $1 million in official money.

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 25

" There is a special delight in seeing the kind of divine fury with which he laces into the ball, and yet the wonderful accuracy with which the club meets the ball. "
- Horace Hutchinson, on James Braid

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 26

" Given an equality of strength and skill, the victory in golf will be to him who is captain of his soul."
- Arnold Haultain, The Mystery of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Oct 27

" You can start your soft-boiled eggs by the time he's ready ."
- Johnny Miller, on Nick Faldo's slow play