Quotes by Golf I have an insane desire to shave a stroke or two off my handicap. Alistair Cooke insane golf two There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit in the book of rules. Alistair Cooke games golf book So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or shudder, at the fleets of electric carts going off in the morning like the first assault wave at the Battle of El Alamein. It is unlikely, for some time, that a Briton will come across in his native land such a scorecard as Henry Longhurst rescued from a California club and cherished till the day he died. The last on its list of local rules printed the firm warning "A Player on Foot Has No Standing on the Course." Alistair Cooke player golf morning The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make his work indistinguishable from nature itself. Alister MacKenzie nature-beauty salt golf Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents us being bored with it is an advantage. Anything that makes us think about it, talk about it, and dream about it is all to the good and prevents the game becoming dead. Alister MacKenzie dream golf thinking A good golf course is like good music or good anything else; it is not necessarily a course which appeals the first time one plays over it, but one which grows on the player the more frequently he visits it. Alister MacKenzie play golf firsts On the value of blind shots to golf course design. Alister MacKenzie design blind golf Golf courses are becoming far too long. Twenty years ago we played three rounds of golf a day and considered we had taken an interminably long time if we took more than two hours to play a round. Today it not infrequently takes over three hours. Alister MacKenzie taken golf years One of the reasons why I, 'a medical man' decided to give up medicine was a firm conviction of the extraordinary influence on health of pleasurable excitement, especially when combined with fresh air and exercise. How frequently have I, with great difficulty, persuaded patients who were never off my doorsteps to take up golf, and how rarely, if ever, I have seen them in my consulting room again. Alister MacKenzie giving-up exercise golf There may be a certain amount of pleasurable excitement in running up to the top of a hillock in the hope of seeing your ball near the flag, but this kind of thing one gets tired of as one grows older. Alister MacKenzie tired golf running I try to build courses for the most enjoyment by the greatest number. Alister MacKenzie golf numbers trying I have always wanted to live where one could practice (golf) shots in one's pajamas before breakfast. Alister MacKenzie practice golf breakfast In Hollywood, we have some of the richest unemployed people in the world. They have sun tans. Some of them have chauffeurs in Rolls-Royces waiting outside. They have their golf clubs ready in the car. There is no law that says you cannot play golf while being unemployed. Allan Sherman law golf funny A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he plays golf in New Jersey or bathes in the Ganges, or prays in the desert; and a fool is a fool, whether he be a maharaja or a president of a post-war republic. Ameen Rihani play golf war Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. Amy Alcott stress golf life Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win. Amy Alcott games winning golf Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands. Amy Alcott golf country hands Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over. Amy Alcott spiritual games golf My parents didn't play golf. Amy Alcott parent play golf What makes a great golf course is continuity and variety: right-to-left holes, left-to-right holes. Amy Alcott continuity holes golf «1234567891011»