Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Lema

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American golfer Tony Lema.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Anthony David Lema was an American professional golfer who rose to fame in the mid-1960s and won a major title, the 1964 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. He died two years later at age 32 in an aircraft accident near Chicago.

American - Golfer | February 25, 1934 - July 24, 1966

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The man who runs from his office to the golf club, gulps a sandwich, belches and races to the first tee has no business howling in anguish when he puts his first two shots in the woods, then tops a 3-iron shot into the pond.

Tony Lema

Don't take your bad shots home with you.

Tony Lema

A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.

Tony Lema

In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist.

Tony Lema

I feel like I'm back visiting an old grandmother. She's crotchety and eccentric, but also elegant, and anyone who doesn't fall in love with her has no imagination.

Tony Lema

The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.

Tony Lema

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.

Tony Lema

Let's see, I think I right now I'm third in the money-winning and first in money-spending.

Tony Lema

If I had to cram all my tournament experience into one sentence, I would say, Don't give up and don't let up!

Tony Lema

It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes.

Tony Lema

Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you cheat only yourself.

Tony Lema

You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.

Tony Lema

From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.

Tony Lema

After a golfer has been out on the circuit for a while he learns how to handle his dating so that it doesn't interfere with his golf. The first rule usually is no woman-chasing after Wednesday.

Tony Lema

Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Lema

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