Clint Eastwood: "I can't say exactly what fascinates me so much about golf: whenever you think you've got it figured out, it makes it clear that you haven't. I guess I'm just crazy enough to keep playing."

Johnny Miller: "Golf is 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration."

Grantland Rice:"Eighteen holes of golf will tell you more about your fellow player than nineteen years spent together at a desk."

Louise Suggs: "You're never too old to start playing this game. As long as you can walk, you can golf."

Grantland Rice:"Golf is 20% swing and technique. The rest is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, society, camaraderie, stubbornness, and chatter."

Bill Clinton:"The great thing about this game is that even the bad days are beautiful."

Bob Hope: "When you're a spectator, it's fun; when you're playing, it's relaxation; when you're working at it, it's golf."

Steve Ballesteros: "I wanted the fairway to be narrower, then everyone would have to play from the rough, not just me."

Bernhard Langer: "Be decisive! A wrong decision is usually less harmful than indecision."

Sam Snead: "Some golfers stand too close to the ball—even after they've hit it."

Sam Snead:"Practice puts your brain into your muscles."

Walter Hagen: "Asyou walk along the fairway of life, always take enough time to enjoy the scent of the roses along the way, because you only have one round."

Peter Jacobson: "The only difference between a pro and an amateur is that a shot that goes to the right is called a fade for a pro, while it's called a slice for an amateur."

Nick Faldo: "When the wind blows at St. Andrews, even the seagulls walk."

Jack Nicklaus:"A bad shot doesn't bother you, but you hate to make a stupid shot. And sometimes it's hard to explain the difference."

Chi-Chi Rodriguez:"I read the greens in Spanish, but I putt in English."

Chi-Chi Rodriguez: "Noone is luckier on the green than someone who practices a lot."

Harry Vardon:"You shouldn't overdo golf. Two rounds a day are perfectly sufficient."

A reporter to Bernhard Langer: "And are you getting by with the language in London?" Langer: "I have no problems. The English, however, do!"

Arnold Palmer: "Swing your swing. Not some idea of a swing. Not the swing you saw on TV. Not the swing you wish you had. No, swing your swing. Capable of greatness. Valued only by you. Perfect in its imperfection. Swing your swing. I know I did."

Arnold Palmer:"I have a tip that will save every golfer five strokes: it's called an eraser."

Jack Lemmon: "If you think it's difficult to make friends, try picking up the wrong ball on a golf course."

John Updike: "The fact that golfers are often unable to count beyond five shows how much they resemble children."

Walter Hagen, in the locker room before the tournament began: "Whowill come in second today?"

Father Billy Graham: "I never pray on the golf course. The Lord answers my prayers everywhere except there."

John Updike: "The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we try to pack too many things."

John Updike: "Onlya gifted putt is a sure putt."

Lee Trevino: "You only know what pressure is when you're playing for five bucks a hole and you only have two in your pocket."

Lee Trevino: "The older I get, the better I've been."

Lee Trevino: "You can recognize a good golfer by a tan like mine: it shows that he spends his time on fairways and greens—not under trees."

Fred Beck:"If you lift a golfer up and hold him to your ear like a seashell, you'll hear nothing but excuses."

Simon Hobday"The difference between now and when I was younger is that my long shots have become shorter and my short game has become longer."

Jimmy Demaret:"Golf and sex are the only things that are fun even if you're not incredibly good at them."

Lee Trevino: "Golf is the most fun you can have with your pants on!"

Dave Marr: "Never play for money with someone who is deeply tanned, has a 1-iron in their bag, and smiles mischievously at you."

Tom Watson: "Working onyour golf swing is like ironing a shirt. As soon as you finish one side, the other side is full of wrinkles again."

Craig Stadler: "Why am I playing with a new putter? Because the old one wasn't very good at swimming."

Lee Trevino: "I spend so much time in the woods that I can already tell which plants are edible."

Tommy Amour: "Golf is characterized by the fact that you try to turn the most awkward contortions of the body into a graceful movement."

Gene Littler, golf pro: "Golf isn't a game of great shots. It's a game of the most accurate misses. Whoever makes the smallest mistakes wins."

Sam Snead "If some people would handle their knife and fork the way they handle a golf club, they would starve to death."

Arnold Palmer "Golf requires more mental strength, more concentration, and more determination than any other sport."