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On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the hero of unbelievable melodrama, or the clown in a side-splitting comedy.

Bobby Jones

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Bobby Jones
Age: 69 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 17
Died: 1971
Died: December 18
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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.
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Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.
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The rewards of golf, and of life too I expect, are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules.
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I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.
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Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.
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I got an extra hour's nap.
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No putt is too short to be despised.
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No one ever swung too slowly.
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Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.
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I had held a notion that I could make a pretty fair appraisal of the worth of an opponent simply by speaking to him on the first tee and taking a good measuring look into his eyes.
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If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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