Peter Dobereiner Quotes:

Half of golf is fun; the other half is putting.

Topics: Fun, Golf, Other Half, Golf Putting, Great Golfing

Golf is the loneliest of games, not excluding postal chess.

Topics: Golf, Games, Chess

Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs to jelly, and produces a palsy of the upper limbs.

source: - Peter Dobereiner (1973). “The glorious world of golf”

Topics: Golf, Water, Legs

Rule One: Whenever a spectator seeks out a really good vantage point and settles down on shooting stick or canvas chair, the tallest and fattest golf watcher on the course will take up station directly in front.

source: - Peter Dobereiner (1981). “The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner”

Topics: Golf, Shooting, Vantage Point, Watchers, Settling Down

Not a week goes by without my learning something new about golf. That means, of course, that I was ignorant of eight things about golf two months ago. Extend that process back nearly twenty years and the result is an impressive accumulation of ignorance.

source: - Peter Dobereiner (1981). “The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner”

Topics: Ignorance, Mean, Golf, Learning Something New