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Golf Courses Quotes

Quotes from golfers on designing courses.

These quotes come from golfers turned course designers, reflecting on childhood beginnings and the pull between personal style and audience taste. See About quotes.

You know, I go to work in a great office every day, and the amount of freedom that goes with being a pro golfer on the tour is awesome. So I get to enjoy my weeks off away from the...

Quotes by Adam Derek Scott

Phoenix is an interesting example. Drive around and see the golf courses everywhere, and you see people's big green lawns. And you live in a desert! I've always remarked about the capacity of human beings to look at somewhere and...

Quotes by Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

I started when I was three, and on some courses they wouldn't let me play because they said I was too little. They wouldn't accept that a child could play. So my parents had to argue at times with some...

Quotes by Matteo Manassero

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

Quotes by John McCarthy

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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the...

Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the way I played golf and that I had to balance up what I...

Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.

Quotes by Inbee Park

Archery is not a sport for everyone. The equipment costs a lot, and it is not easy for everyone to find a place to play. It is perhaps similar to golf, but of course there are more golf courses than...

Quotes by Im Dong-Hyun

I love Quail Hollow. I think it's one of the big boy golf courses we play. I just don't think there's really a bad hole on it.

Quotes by Gary Woodland

Accept Quotes

Since Trump began running for president in summer 2015, he has repeatedly used his hotels and golf courses as venues for his campaign events - and paid himself for the privilege.

Quotes by David Fahrenthold

I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of...

Quotes by D. B. Sweeney

Almost all the golf courses in Staten Island double as something else.

Quotes by Colin Jost

Tiger had the advantage of high school, college, and a father who knew golf. I was self-taught. Blacks really won't play golf in great numbers until some of these basketball and football stars buy some golf courses where blacks can...

Quotes by Charlie Sifford

Atrazine - a herbicide often used on corn fields, golf courses and even lawns - has become one of the most common contaminants in American drinking water.

Quotes by Charles Duhigg

American Quotes

I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.

Quotes by Arnold Palmer

I don't think the philosophy really changes between men and women. I think golf courses need to become more distance-friendly overall. I think golf courses almost need to develop a more generic set of tees instead of calling them black,...

Quotes by Amy Alcott

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes cover about golf courses?
They range from childhood memories of being too small to play, to philosophies of golf course design.
Is there a quote about starting golf young?
Yes, one recalls starting at age three and being turned away from some courses for being too little.
How does one designer describe their approach?
They say they built courses the way they played golf, left-to-right, then learned to balance that with player expectations.
Is there a quote about childhood dreams of design?
Yes, one speaker says they wanted to design golf courses since childhood, inspired by how they played the game.
What related pages can I check?
See About quotes and Accept quotes.

Course design philosophy links naturally to Accept and American quotes elsewhere on the site.