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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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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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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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Those who go along get along.
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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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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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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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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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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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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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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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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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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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