Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 25

" Hazeltine is a mean old golf course."
- Lee Trevino, They Call Me Super Mex

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 26

" Baseball players quit playing and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. Football players quit, take up golf. What are we supposed to take up when we quit ? "
- George Archer

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 27

At the New Grampians Inn course in Victoria, Australia, a penalty of one stroke is added if the golfer hits a kangaroo.
Apparently, there are more kangaroos at the Yeppon Golf Club in Queensland. The local rule on that course is : " A ball hitting a kangaroo - - - play as is."

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 28

" Always throw your clubs ahead of you. That way, you don't have to waste energy going back to pick them up."
- Tommy Bolt

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 29

" Pebble Beach and Cypress Point make you want to play. Spyglass Hill - - that's different; that makes you want to go fishing."
- Jack Nicklaus, The Greatest Game of All

[Stan Nehilla]

Nov 30

Before the 14-club limit was introduced, it was not unusual to find some professionals carrying 25 or 30 clubs in the bag. At one tournament, Henry Picard was hitting shots at the range. He switched from one 2-iron to another and a man in the gallery asked, " Henry, what's the difference between that 2-iron and the other one ?" " Two yards, " replied Picard.

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 1

" If the following foursome is pressing you, wave them through anf then speed up."
- Dean Beman

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 2

" I made $3 million doing it my way and $125,000 doing it everyone else's way. I decided to go back to my way. "
- Hal Sutton, on his swing changes

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 3

" Keep on hitting it straight until the wee ball goes into the hole."
- James Braid

[Stan Nehilla]

Dec 4

Six of the 18 holes at the West Course at Knollwood Country Club in South Bend, Indiana are in Michigan. The other 12 are in Indiana.