Travel Michigan Golf

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

"The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan, and a downhill putt." Sam Snead

"I told him to hit it and run backwards." Ken Venturi, recounting the advice he gave a duffer who wanted more distance on his tee shots.

"Just because you cut the grass and put up flags doesn't mean you have a golf course. What this place lacks is 80 acres of corn and a few cows. The man who designed this golf course had his blueprints upside down." Dave Hill, on the Hazeltine course at the 1970 U.S. Open.

"People are great, and I try to acknowledge them as much as I can. They're the ones who make things happen so we can do what we do for a living. Without their support, we're just playing in front of trees and squirrels." Fuzzy Zoeller

Taken from "The Most Outrageous Golf Quotes Ever", by John McGran, Andrews McMeel Universal, Kansas City, KS, 2001.