Yani Tseng Quotes

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.

I started playing golf at about four years old.

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

Playing golf is like learning a foreign language.

I'm bad at golf.

I didn't really get into golf until I was about 14. My mom and dad were taking lessons from a pro an hour and a half from our farm in Cohuna, Australia. When they got home, I'd ask my mom to explain everything they learned - drills and all.

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.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

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.

Golf is not easy.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

I play golf - badly.

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

Actually, I'm a very good golfer.

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.

When I'd get out of school in the afternoon, I would go to the golf course, and I just picked the game up. And when I was 13 years old, I could shoot 70 - even-par 71, one over par and then something like that. I just took a liking to the game.

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

I started with golf because I saw my brothers play, I was always watching them. It was my life. Growing up, we always played competitions like chipping, hitting.

I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was 12. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. If you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.

I want to keep playing good golf.

I think I shot 78 one time. My golf game is so overrated.

My dad was a really good golfer, and he just taught me how to play.