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Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.
Bobby Jones
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Bobby Jones
Age: 69 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 17
Died: 1971
Died: December 18
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Atlanta
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Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
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Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.
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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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He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success.
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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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It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.
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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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Doesn't it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?
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I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.
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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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