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Practice puts brains in your muscles.

Sam Snead

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
Golfer
Golf
Brain
Practice
Inspirational
Golfing
Brains
Muscles
Puts

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First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw a mental image of where you want it to go and then eliminate everything else from your mind, except how you are going to get the ball into that preferred spot.
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I give the ball some sweet talk. I tell it that this isn't going to hurt a bit. I'm a friend and all I'm going to do is give it a nice little ride.
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That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.
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I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn't a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.
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Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.
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Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.
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You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.
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There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.
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Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.
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I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.
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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.
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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.
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I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.
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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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'You know Bobby, when I was your age I'd drive the ball right over those trees at the corner.' Feeling challenged Mr. Cole hit a big driver right into those big trees. Snead then said 'Of course, when I was your age, those trees were only 10 feet high.'
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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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