Conference 7.286::golf

	 The late  Henry  Longhurst,  on  hitting a shot into the rough, and
	 after finding the ball and picking it up:

	 ``Thought so, the bugger isn't round!''

	 -- POL

    	This quote was from Jack Nicklaus, to Corey Pavin, during the
    3rd round at the Masters in Pavins 1st Masters appearence.  Corey
    had put his 2nd shot, on the par 5 15th or 16th hole, about 20 to
    25 feet behind the pin.  He studied the put for quite a while. 
    It was down hill and pretty fast, but he wanted to make eagle, so
    he gave it a run.  Corey hit the put, watched roll by the cup picking
    up speed, roll of the green and into the water in front of the green.
    As he walked by Nicklaus, with his mouth hung open, Nicklaus smiled
    and said, "Welcome to Augusta!".  Corey was putting for Eagle and
    ended up with a double bogey.
    
                                                  Beak

    LEE TREVINO SAID " 98% OF THE SHORT PUTS DONT GO IN "
    
    

    
    

    regarding his 72 par performance in the British Open; Dick Fuldo
    said " Let the yanks hit the ball into the Irish Sea ( on a par
    5 where you must cross the Irish Sea to get home in two ); I'll
    take my par and go to the next tee.
    
    

    re. -1	Isn't that Nick Faldo you are referring to???

    
    	"There is only one way to play the game.
    	 You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank"
    
    			Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
    			(after losing the 1925 open by a stroke
    			when he penalized himself)
    
    
    
    	"Golf is a test of temper, a trial of honour, a revealer of
    	 character."

    			David R. Forgan
    
    	"A professional will tell you the amount of flex you need in
    	 the shaft of your club. The more the flex, the more strength
    	 you will need to break the thing over your knees."
    
    			Steven Baker
    
    	"I discovered to my enjoyable relief that a great golf course,
    	 like a supreme piece of music, does not reveal its splender
    	 at a first or second reading; nor for most of us, ever."
    
    			Alistair Cooke
    
    	"Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch
    	 course, the space between your ears."
    
    			Attributed to Bobby Jones
    
    	"Anytime you are two shots under par in the US Open, you feel
    	 like you're 22 again."
    
    			Jack Nicklaus
    
    	"Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of most accurate
    	 misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."
    
    			Gene Litler
    
    	"Golf is a different sort of game. It comes and goes."
    
    			Herbert Warren Wind
    
    	"Golf is a compromisebetween what your ego wants you to do,
    	 what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you
    	 do."
    
    			Bruce Crampton
    
    	"I could take out of my life everything except my experiences
    	 at St. Andrews and I would still have a rich, fill life."
    
    			Bobby Jones said of the old course..
    
    	"After all. as every golfer in every land will attest after
    	 a good round, it may well be the best game ever invented."
    
    			Herbert Warren Wind
    
    	The above quotes are from The Catalogue from Golf House (1988/1989)
    

    
    
    	" Golf is based on honesty. Where else would someone admit to
    	  a 7 on an easy par 3."
    
    				Jimmy Demaret
    
    
    	" In golf as in life, it's the follow through that makes the
    	  difference."
    
    				Anonymous
    
    
    	" Victory is everything. You can spend the money, but you can
    	  never spend the memories."
    
    				Ken Venturi
    
    	
    	" Jones had the quality of being at the same time much larger
    	  than life and exceedingly human."
    
    				Herbert Warren Wind
    
    
    	" A game in which you can claim the privilege of age and retain
    	  the play things of childhood."
    
    				Samuel Johnson
    
    
    	" The older I get the better I used to be."
    
    				Lee Trevino
    
    
    	" Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still going
    	  to be pretty good."
    
    				Johnny Miller
    
    
    	" The trouble with golf is you're only as good as your last putt."
    
    				Doug Sanders
    
    
    	" Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to
    	  produce a graceful result."
    
    				Tommy Armour
    
    
    	" Anyone with a chance to win is nervous; some deal with iot better
    	  then others."
    
    				Tom Watson
    
    	
    	" It is been estimated that more golf poetry exists in Scotland
    	  then heather."
    
    				Dan Jenkins

    Right after the second round of the Disney Classic yesterday where
    Tim Simpson shot a 67 for a 2 stroke lead in the tournament, he
    made this comment about Bob Tway, who had an opening round 61 and
    followed it with a 77!!!  "That's what keeps Execdrin in business!".
    
    Beak

    
    
    He ain't no links great but Lawrence Taylor had a great one on golf:
    
    "I'd rather play in the Super Bowl than shoot a 70, but I'd rather
    shoot a 65 than play in the Super Bowl"
    

    Lee Travino on why he does not take instruction from a golf guru...
    
    "I never found one who could beat me."