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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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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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Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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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've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.
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To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
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Forget your opponents always play against par.
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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.
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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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You have more potential than you think.
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.
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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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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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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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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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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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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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