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Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course.

Sam Snead

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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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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There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.
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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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When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.
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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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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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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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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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Those who go along get along.
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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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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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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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'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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Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
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