178 Quotes by Bobby Jones

The real way to enjoy playing golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes.

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

Golf is the only game I know of that actually becomes harder the longer you play it.

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.