Amy Alcott Quotes

Whenever I dream of playing a perfect round of golf, which I rarely do more than a dozen times a day, I picture myself on one of my favorite British Open-style links, and in particular the great courses of the west of Ireland, whose holes flow through naturally bunkered dunesland never far from the sight or sound of surf.

I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.

In golf, it's almost impossible to be perfect on each shot; that's the fun and challenge of golf.

Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.

My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.

In fantasy land, I wish I could be a pro golfer. I love golf - the most frustratingly brilliant game on the planet.

Golf is not easy.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

Actually, I'm a very good golfer.

I want to keep playing good golf.

You have to have fine motor control to make putts when you need them the most. That's why golf is such a challenge - you go from extreme power to slowing down and making putts when you need them.

I played other sports, so when I played golf, I wanted to have fun. And hitting it far is fun.

I can sit here and hit all the balls and chip and putt all day long, but if you're not playing competitive golf... there's nothing better than competitive golf.

For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.

I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.

You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.

Golf is a weird sport. Some days you got it. Some days you don't.

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.

I think when I was about 12 or 13, my dad started taking me out to the local golf course, and that's the first time I ever hit a golf ball. I picked it up pretty quickly, just kind of monkey-see, monkey-do. But when I was 12, golf was so slow to me. For me, it was basketball, girls and music.

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

Golfers don't scream. Golfers just adjust the pleats in their pants and go from there. That's about as antagonistic as we get.

One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.

Few learn golf in a lifetime.

I play golf - badly.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.