Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course. Sam Snead More Quotes by Sam Snead More Quotes From Sam Snead Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out. Sam Snead successgolfsports The only reason I ever played in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish. Sam Snead huntersfishinggolf Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing. Sam Snead shoesgolfthinking When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer. Sam Snead usegolflooks Golf course architects make me sick. They can't play themselves, so they rig the courses so nobody else can play either. Sam Snead sickplaygolf Make the basic shot-making decision early, clearly and firmly, and then ritualize all the necessary acts of preparation. Sam Snead making-decisionspreparationdecision When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose. Sam Snead swingsmindgolf If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine! Sam Snead lastsninegolf You have more potential than you think. Sam Snead untapped-potentialabilitythinking There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long. Sam Snead golfinggolflong Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot. Sam Snead funny-golfshotsgolf If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot. Sam Snead greengolftree A bad putter is like a bad apple in a barrel. First, it turns your chipping game sour. Then it begins to eat into your irons and finally it just cleans the head off your driver. Sam Snead ironapplesgames But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do. Sam Snead ballsplaygolf Practice your swing until it becomes a habit of mind and muscle. Sam Snead swingspracticemind To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment. Sam Snead distancegolfsports The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave it a special quality. I'd say a part of the sheen on that trophy comes from my sweat. Sam Snead playerwinninggolf What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf. Sam Snead golfmenyears These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. Sam Snead goldgolfdirty I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game. Sam Snead shopsgamesgolf
