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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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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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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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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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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
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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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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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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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Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.
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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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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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When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.
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I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn't a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.
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Those who go along get along.
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You have more potential than you think.
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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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