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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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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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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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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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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 was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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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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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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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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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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Over the years I've studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when there is an enlargement of the pupils. Big pupils lead to big scores.
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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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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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What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.
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Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
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You have more potential than you think.
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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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Those who go along get along.
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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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To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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