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I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.

Sam Snead

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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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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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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You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.
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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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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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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 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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Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
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There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.
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Those who go along get along.
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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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Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.
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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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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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Forget your opponents always play against par.
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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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A bad putter is like a bad apple in a barrel. First, it turns your chipping game sour. Then it begins to eat into your irons and finally it just cleans the head off your driver.
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