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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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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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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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I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.
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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 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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If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.
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Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.
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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
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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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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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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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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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