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Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1929
Born: September 10
Died: 2016
Died: September 25
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Arnold Daniel Palmer
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When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.
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I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.
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When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.
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I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.
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The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.
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I played high school golf, I played amateur golf and I started getting officers. I was playing pretty good, won amateur tournaments as a junior, and the whole thing.
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I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.
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Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.
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Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.
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There's some good news, too, and the good news is that the players [finally] have become more aware of the fact that we [in golf] need sponsors, and we need the good will that is created by the players being, let's say, cooperative with the sponsors - meaning friendly.
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The whole secret to mastering the game of golf - and this applies to the beginner as well as the pro - is to cultivate a mental approach to the game that will enable you to shrug off the bad days, keep patient and know in your heart that sooner or later you will be back on top.
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One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float.
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If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.
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Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else.
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Putting is a fascinating, aggravating, wonderful, terrible and almost incomprehensible part of the game of golf.
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If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.
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I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish?
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In my early days of flying, if you flew on instruments, you were inevitably going to fly in thunderstorms. That was just a part of the business of flying.
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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
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I would never felt good if I hadn't experienced losing, because losing is part of your life. And it something that if I could teach people to understand that I think it could help them a lot.
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