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Forget your opponents always play against par.

Sam Snead

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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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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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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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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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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'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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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.
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I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn what the other guy shoots. I'm going to win if it's my turn.
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