Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd-pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.
Bob Hope |
Bob Hope has a beautiful short game. Unfortunately, it's off the tee.
Jimmy Demaret |
Bob Hope says I have made golf a combat and contact sport. But I know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.
Gerald Ford People (1983) |
Drugs are very much a part of professional sport, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren't penalised for being on grass.
Bob Hope |
Gerald Ford - the most dangerous driver since Ben-Hur - has made golf a contact sport. There are 42 golf courses in the Palm Springs area and nobody knows which one Gerald Ford is playing until after he has teed off. It's not hard to find Gerald Ford on a golf course - just follow the wounded.
Bob Hope |
I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.
Gerald Ford |
I'd give up golf if I didn't have so many sweaters.
Bob Hope |
If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.
Bob Hope |
In the Bob Hope Golf Classic the participation of President Gerald Ford was more than enough to remind you that the nuclear button was at one stage at the disposal of a man who might have either pressed it by mistake or else pressed it deliberately in order to obtain room service.
Clive James The Observer (1981) |
I've done as much for golf as Truman Capote has for Sumo wrestling.
Bob Hope |
Jack Benny had only one golf ball the whole of his golfing career. He finally lost it when the string came off.
Bob Hope |
On the introduction of the Senior Skins Game-I'm waiting for the Senile Skins Game.
Bob Hope |
Sammy Davis Jr hits the ball 130 yards and his jewellery goes 150.
Bob Hope |
Some of these legends have been around golf a long time. When they mention a good grip, they're talking about their dentures.
Bob Hope |
The last time I played with Vice President Spiro Agnew he hit a birdie ... an eagle, a moose, an elk and a mason.
Bob Hope |
The PGA tour has a simple test to see if a player is on drugs - if Isao Aoki speaks and the player understands him, the player is on something.
Bob Hope |
When I play with Gerald Ford, I usually try to make it a foursome - the president, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
Bob Hope |
