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I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell.

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Lee Trevino
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
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You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.
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If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus
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I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.
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I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.
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I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.
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I love Merion and I don't even know her last name.
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I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.
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Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, Man, we shot 66! But go out and shoot 77, and they say Hell, he shot 77!
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There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.
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They say I'm famous for my chip shots. Sure, when I hit 'em right, they land just so, like a butterfly with sore feet.
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I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954.
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If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.
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I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
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His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing.
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Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.
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I believe in reincarnation. In my last life I was a peasant. Next time around, I'd like to be an eagle. Who hasn't dreamed they could fly? They're a protected species, too.
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To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.
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I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
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