Harry Vardon Quotes

#1. More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.

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#2. Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.

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#3. Never saw one worth a damn.

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#4. For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.

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#5. Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.

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#6. There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

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#7. I'm the best and I'll thank you to remember that.

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#8. The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

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#9. Even in our darkest hour we must remember; never dispair.

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#10. To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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#11. Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.

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#12. Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaller.

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#13. A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world.

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#14. Never concede the putt that beats you.

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#15. No matter what happens, keep on hitting the ball.

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#16. Golfers find it a very trying matter to turn at the waist, more particularly if they have a lot of waist to turn

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#17. If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head.

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#18. There are many ways of performing the operations successfully. I can claim, however, to be in a position to explain how not to putt. I think I know as well as anybody how not to do it.

Harry Vardon