Henry Longhurst

“Golf is a game in which you yell 'fore,' shoot six, and write down five.”

“Mishitting a putt is like having a clumsy waiter in your backswing.”

“The man who can putt is a match for anyone.”

“Golf is a game of coordination, rhythm and grace; so is dancing a waltz. But you don't hit the partner with a club.”

“It is the most extraordinary landscape. A lunar landscape. It is not of this world.”

“Some of us are just not born to be single-figure-handicap golfers.”

“They say 'practice makes perfect.' Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection.”

“The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.”

“Golf is the only game where you can be a hero on one hole and a bum on the next.”

“Trying to get a golf ball to do what you want is like trying to hold a second-hand car to a promise.”

“One of the attractions of golf is that, however good you get, you can always get better. You can never get to the stage of being 'a scratch waltzer'.”