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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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Those who go along get along.
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Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.
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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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Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
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Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course.
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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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If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.
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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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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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Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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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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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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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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Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.
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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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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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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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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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