I don't think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed.
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?
Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.
As a golfer, you feel like you're perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it's very difficult.
Never break your putter and your driver in the same round or you're dead.
I mean, I can actually say goodbye to the game of golf, never hit another golf shot the rest of my life and I'd be happy because I can get back in life without any rotation.
It's so hard to make a good tee shot after a birdie.
Golf is a particularly severe strain upon the amiability of the average person's temper, and in no other game, except bridge, is serenity of disposition so essential.
For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.
Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health.
I've always been a quick putter, so I should never get the yips. But I got 'em. I got 'em bad.
I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can't even talk about my own handicap because it's too upsetting.
