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Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.

Bobby Jones

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Bobby Jones
Age: 69 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 17
Died: 1971
Died: December 18
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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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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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Well, I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.
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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 a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.
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No one ever swung too slowly.
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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.
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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 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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Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I'm not even familiar with.
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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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