Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.

Character and the Mind

How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It’s simple – I missed a four foot putt for an eleven

Cheating

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone’s golf game. It’s called an eraser.

The Swing

No good player ever swings as hard as he can. Power is a matter of timing , not overpowering the ball

Famous Golf Courses

On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it’s still played that...

Putting

Putting is like wisdom – partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience

Character and the Mind

Success depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character

Character and the Mind

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done

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Golf is an easy game…It’s just hard to play

Winning and Losing

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it

Philosophy and Advice

Golf is a lot like life. When you make a decision, stick with it

The Swing

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.

Philosophy and Advice

When you’re playing poorly, you start thinking too much. That’s when you confuse yourself

Arnold Palmer

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Golf is an easy game…It’s just hard to play

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it

Golf is a lot like life. When you make a decision, stick with it

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.

When you’re playing poorly, you start thinking too much. That’s when you confuse yourself

Worth a Smile

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone’s golf game. It’s called an eraser. 4.8 (46)

If there’s a golf course in heaven, I hope it’s like Augusta. I just don’t want an early tee time. 4.8 (46)

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now 4.8 (46)

Whoever said “Practice makes perfect” obviously never played golf 4.8 (46)

I just hope I don’t have to explain all the times I’ve used His name in vain when I get up there 4.8 (46)

Golfing life

Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out...

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it 4.8 (46)

My psychiatrist prescribed a game of golf as an antidote to the feelings of euphoria I experience from time to time. 4.8 (46)

The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of...

Real golfers don’t miss putts, they get robbed 4.8 (46)

Inspirational

Days when you just don’t have it, you don’t pack it in, you give it everything you’ve got. You grind it out. 4.8 (46)

Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything 4.8 (46)

The worse you’re performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is playing badly well. All...

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

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation 4.8 (46)

The Golf Swing

In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford...

Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either 4.8 (46)

A golfer has to train his swing on the practice tee, then trust it on the course 4.8 (46)

You can talk to a fade but a hook won’t listen.. 4.8 (46)

A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing 4.8 (46)

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