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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

Sam Snead

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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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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 was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
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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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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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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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You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.
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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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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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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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But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.
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I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.
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Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.
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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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Those who go along get along.
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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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