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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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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.
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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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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.
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To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
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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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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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No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because to quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
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