More - Gary Player Quotes

Guys, when you get to 70, you're allowed a mulligan.

Gary Player

 

Nobody has swept the Grand Slam in a single year, but I had a real go at pulling it off. Woods won three majors in 2000. Hogan got three in 1953 and didn't play the PGA. In between winning the Masters and British in '74, I was the 36-hole U.S. Open leader, so the Slam thing almost came within reach.

Gary Player

 

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Gary Player

 Golf South African Athlete

We are moving all of our offices here from Florida. We are so enamored with this place I am going to build a home here.

Gary Player

 

I play in this part of the world because I love it. I think it's a paradise. It's got to be the most beautiful part of the U.S.

Gary Player

 Love

I got so strong I felt like a giant, ... When I stood on the tee with Arnold and Jack, I was tiny compared to them. But I never believed they were bigger than me. So the mind is so fascinating.

Gary Player

 

I'm using exactly the same clubs, other than No. 4. I was brainwashed into believing it would be abnormal with all the changes. But we're hitting the same club Jack Nicklaus did. I remember Jack hitting 5-iron on No. 11. The greens weren't as fast, but the fairways were lousy.

Gary Player

 Abnormal

I try to work with God as a partner.

Gary Player

 God

It was a massive blow to lose your No. 2 player. We've got to do the best we can.

Gary Player

 

It's sad not having Arnie ( Palmer ) and Jack ( Nicklaus ) here. We've had so many good times but everything shall pass.

Gary Player