Ben Crenshaw Quotes

The experience at the Masters was two years ago, and I am eager to win again this year so I can return to Augusta National in 2016.

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

The AAC at Royal Melbourne was a wonderful memory for me. I had a slightly disappointing finish, but I gained a lot of experience by playing in the last group.

I've always felt like I was going to win a British Open at St. Andrews. That place is suited for me.

Golf is an exercise in Scottish pointlessness for people who are no longer able to throw telephone poles at each other.

When I got to the first tee on the first day, to hear the cheers, it was like all the oxygen got sucked out. It was hard to pull the club back.

Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.

When we export energy, we export American influence overseas. As I travel around the world, I know that there are people that want to buy energy from America.

Golf is the most fun you can have with out taking your clothes off.

There's no question that the galleries still like to see birdies and eagles. If you take them all away, it takes some of the dramatics, the excitement of a golf tournament and we [people] don't want to do that.

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.

That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.

Golf is the Great Mystery. Like some capricous goddess, it bestows its favours with what would appear an almost fat-headed lack of method and discrimination. On every side we see big two-fisted he-men floundering round in three figures, stopping every few minutes to let through little shrimps with knock-knees and hollow cheeks, who are tearing up snappy seventy-fours.

I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name of the game. I usually ended up shooting a good round and all of a sudden, somehow, I won.

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose

The one place where I can relax is on the golf course with my teammates and buddies, assuming I'm hitting the golf ball well. If I'm not, well, that is another story.

Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.

Golf is something I love. It's been a part of my family's history.

Young people have, truly, the potential to change the world. Not when they get older - today.

The actions and inactions of hundreds of millions of people and nearly 200 states, will affect what kind of world emerges in the time ahead.

It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.