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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, 'Putt for one hundred dollars'. -- Bob Schieffer
If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. -- Dean Martin
You drive for show but putt for dough. -- Bobby Locke
Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt. -- Jim Bishop
I read the greens in Spanish, but putt in English. -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
You can tell a good putt by the noise it makes. -- Bobby Locke
How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt? -- Babe Ruth
The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt. -- Amy Alcott
For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range. -- Ernie Els
There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect. -- Walter Hagen
The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven't putted well. -- Lee Westwood
Unless it's a dead-straight short putt, you should focus on a spot somewhere along the line you want to roll the ball on. -- Ernie Els
If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me. -- Bobby Jones
There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship. -- Bernhard Langer
I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters. -- Mike Weir
I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt. -- Gary McCord
A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in. -- Lydia Ko
Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt. -- Jack Wagner
I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic. -- Carly Fiorina
Look at the putt from behind the hole. Everyday players almost never do this. They should! Your eyes will take in more information about the slope. Sometimes you'll find that your initial read was incorrect. -- Jordan Spieth
Jim played - he had a great stretch in the middle of the round there, and Chad made that long putt on 16. Almost got that match. We ended up losing, but we almost won it, too. -- Hal Sutton
Before you take your address, while you're still reading the putt, imagine the ball tracking on the line you've chosen and falling into the cup. If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying? -- Ernie Els
Contours on the second half of a long putt have more impact on how the ball rolls because it's going slower. Adjust your speed if that last part is playing uphill or downhill. Don't get fooled by an early slope or break. -- Ernie Els
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. -- Dan Jenkins
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em. -- Tom Watson
If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport. -- Rory McIlroy
If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to play any better slamming your club or getting angry. So you might as well just keep it in. People say I'm pretty calm, but I do make mistakes and I do get angry, but I try and not show it. -- Lydia Ko
Miss a putt for $2,000? Not likely! -- Walter Hagen
Never concede the putt that beats you. -- Harry Vardon
The better you putt, the bolder you play. -- Don January
I never missed a putt in my mind. -- Jack Nicklaus
No putt is too short to be despised. -- Bobby Jones
Here Eddie, hold the flag while I putt out. -- Walter Hagen
That putt had more breaks than a government job. -- Brian Weiss
I read the greens in Spanish, but I putt in English. -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
Not only are three-putt greens probable, at times they are an achievment. -- Charley Pride
If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying? -- Ernie Els
Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip. -- Arnold Palmer
A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed. -- Henry Beard
I didn't miss the putt. I made the putt. The ball missed the hole. -- Peter Jacobsen
The trouble with golf is that you are only as good as your last putt. -- Doug Sanders
Pressure is trying to make a putt for a $10 bet with only $5 in your pocket. -- Lee Trevino
If God wanted you to putt cross-handed, he would have made your left arm longer. -- Lee Trevino
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt. -- Sam Snead
A pre-putt routine helps you stay nice and relaxed so you can make the best stroke possible. -- Tiger Woods
Golf is a wonderful exercise. You can stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody else putt. -- Will Rogers
My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered. -- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. -- Sam Snead
How these curiosities would be quite forgott, did not such idle fellowes as I am putt them downe! -- John Aubrey
You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to." -- Jack Nicklaus
It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg. -- J. C. Snead
I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed. -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
I don't know why that putt hung on the edge. I'm a clean liver. It must be my caddie. -- JoAnne Carner
Pressure is when you've got thirty-five bucks riding on a four-foot putt and you've only got five dollars left. -- Lee Trevino
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I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity. -- Jack Nicklaus
Two things that are not long for this world: dogs that chase cars and professional golfers who putt for pars. -- Lee Trevino
Mary had a little putt, she needed it for par. Mary has a second putt...the first one went too far! -- Margaret Kennard
Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt. -- Fletcher Knebel
A detailed analysis of his four-putt at the 1986 Masters: I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I make. -- Seve Ballesteros
How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an eleven. -- Arnold Palmer
I had a nice read on the putt and I said to myself, 'This is for you, Jesus, ' and knocked it in. -- Aaron Baddeley
I never pray to God to make a putt. I pray to God to help me react good if I miss a putt. -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
A good player who is a great putter is a match for any golfer. A great hitter who cannot putt is a match for no one. -- Ben Sayers
Every putt is different. Your feet dictate the stroke by how they feel on the green. I just never used the same stroke on every putt. -- Jack Nicklaus
But, if you miss (the supposedly easy pin) by just a little bit, you're looking at the next putt from 30 feet. The ball just rolls away. -- Ben Crenshaw
I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?" -- Jack Lemmon
To sink a six-foot putt with thirty million people looking over your shoulder, convince yourself that, if you miss it, you will be embarrassed and poor. -- Jack Nicklaus
If it really made sense to "let the club do the work," you'd just say, "Driver, wedge to the green, one-putt," and walk to the next tee. -- Tom Mulligan
The weather's cold. My club's bad. My knee hurts. I can't putt no more. I'm off my diet. My wife is nagging me. Other than that, everything's great. -- Don Zimmer
I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt. -- John Daly
The basic philosophy behind [switch putting] is you always want a hook putt. So for a left-to-right breaking putt, you're going to want to hit it left-handed and vice versa. -- Notah Begay III
My dad once told me: no matter what anyone says or writes, really, none of those people have to hit your four- foot putt.You have to go do it yourself. -- Tiger Woods
The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play. -- Ray Romano

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