Elinor Lipman Quotes

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

I know bugger all about golf.

We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.

A lot of people like to think that golf is a lazy man's sport. Or it's a rich man's sport, or it's a sport that they can't be involved in.

But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly.

Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.

Amateur golf is so much fun.

When it comes to the golf industry, I know that people see me as a gimmick.

I didn't know much about golf growing up.

My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.

The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death.

I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a little nine-hole golf course where my father worked.

One of my great loves is golf. When I am in L.A., I like to play with a few close friends: no phones, no distractions, the great outdoors and the chance to bet some money to keep it interesting.

Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.

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.

My parents lived by Rancho Park. And my mom, later in life, got into playing golf. She and her male cronies would get up at five in the morning and sneak onto the back nine. I kind of just started getting into it. For a long time, I was really puzzled by why people liked it.

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

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.

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

When I'm not working, I like to play golf.

I have been an avid reader of 'Golf Digest' ever since I started playing this great game.

But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.

Lots of people still don't think of golf as a sport.

I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.

I started playing in '98, but I got hooked by playing celebrity golf tournaments. Tiger had a lot to do with it - his passion, the way that he plays. He's unique and different, and he inspired a lot of my passion. It's a sport you can't master. If you're an athlete, you can do almost anything, but golf is not like that.