You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.
Golf is the only sport that a professional can enjoy playing with his friends.
Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.
When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.
I played golf all over Detroit.
I tell people retirement isn't what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix.
Few learn golf in a lifetime.
I don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.
I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor.
Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf carts. I like walking. Some clubs won't let you in unless you have a caddy and a cart.
You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story.
Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.
As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.