25 Inspirational Golf Quotes

Every shot counts. The three-foot putt is as important as the 300 yard drive.
- Henry Cotton

If no one thinks you can then you have to.
- Nike

Golf is like fishing and hunting. What counts is the companionship and fellowship of friends, not what you catch or shoot.
- George Archer

Golf is a good walk spoiled.
- Mark Twain

I didn't miss the putt. I made the putt. The ball missed the hole.
- Peter Jacobsen

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
- Ben Hogan

A hole in one is amazing when you think of the different universes this white mass of molecules has to pass through on its way to the hole.
- Mac O’Grady

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.

Everybody can see that my swing is homegrown. That means everybody has a chance to do it.
- Bubba Watson

Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.
- Grantland Rice

Golf… is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
- P. G. Wodehouse

The greatest thing about tomorrow is I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow.
- Tiger Woods

Keep your sense of humor. There is enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you are supposed to enjoy.
- Amy Alcott

No matter how good you get you can always get better and that’s the exciting part.
- Tiger Woods

The most important shot in golf is the next one.
- Ben Hogan

Don’t play too much golf. Two round a day are plenty.
- Harry Vardon

Forget the last shot. It takes so long to accept that you can’t always replicate your swing. The only thing you can control is your attitude toward the next shot.
- Mark McCumber

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
- Bobby Jones

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.
- Hank Aaron

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
- Nancy Lopez

If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.
- Horace G. Hutchinson

I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.
- Seve Ballesteros

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
- Lee Trevino

My swing is so bad, I look like a caveman killing his lunch.
- Lee Trevino

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
- Arnold Palmer

A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.
- Payne Stewart

You are the only one who can limit your greatness.

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
- Bob Hope

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
- Ben Hogan

If you're caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.
- Lee Trevino