Professional Golfer Quotes

Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.

Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!

It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.

Well it's not easy being Tiger Woods on the course. It's not easy being Tiger Woods off the course. In his defense, it's not easy being Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods was a month away from 34 years of age when his debutantes began turning up in the news. He was a grown man with a wife and two children. Well, we supposed he had a wife, but that was before we learned she was only an ornament.

'Ali' is the story of a lower middle-class golfer who becomes a champion. I find the game very interesting and would like to continue playing it regularly after the movie is wrapped up.

Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.

It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.

I've never played golf with Tiger Woods. To tell the truth, I'm not sure that watching him pound it 100 yards past me all day is something I'd like to do.

If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

First of all my golfing experience spans all corners of the World - Brazil, New Zealand, L.A. And I think the best place is when you play with friends. I particularly enjoy playing golf with my best friend, former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke. It is the best experience when we can get together on a golf course.

Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.

Happy birthday to Arnold Palmer, who turned 82. That's 41 years iced tea and 41 years lemonade.

I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play.

I didn't do anything spectacular when I won the Open in 2001. I hit the ball good, not great. I putted good, not great, but I think I missed maybe two putts inside eight feet all week.

Playing on the PGA Tour and playing professional golf, I think it's what everyone has dreamed of doing - all the guys who are out here. I'm just happy to be able to call this a job, if you want to call it a job.

On that Sunday of the Masters I remember turning on ESPN to find people talking about me. I switched over to the Golf Channel and people were talking about me. It was hard to escape.

Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.

Being away for the weekends, and me being the international player that I have been for those 30 years, I've spent a lot more time flying around the world, playing different golf tournaments around the world.

Golf is my real profession. Entertainment is just a sideline. I tell jokes to pay my greens fees.

I play to win. And if I string together four of my best rounds at the Masters then there's no doubt about it - I will wear the jacket.

I think the best thing is being able to play golf competitively for a living. Ever since I was a little boy, that's something I've always wanted to do, and now I get a chance to live out my dreams.

Every champion golfer comes to Augusta imbued with a towering source of inspiration. It's a solitary journey, but it's one that no player... makes alone.

I'm not getting into a public debate with Jack Nicklaus.