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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: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
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My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.
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My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
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His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing.
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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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Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.
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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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Grizzly Adams did have a beard.
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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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I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.
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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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You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
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There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.
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I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer.
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I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.
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