Jim Dent Quotes
1939–2025 United States
James Lacey Dent (May 9, 1939 – May 2, 2025) was an American professional golfer.
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That’s what really got us into golf and got some of us straight too, He saved a few of us.
Kids think they’re the smartest people in the world, Second thing I learned how to do when I learned how to caddie was shoot dice and play cards. She was dead right.
I was big enough to do that, I was still real young when my parents died, but there was my aunt. Her name was Mary Benton, a great lady in my life.
He told me you can’t win with a ball over No. 7. And he said, ‘Don’t smoke, son, because smoke gets in your eyes and you can’t see.
Made nine straight bogeys, And it was a blessing. It let me know I just wasn’t ready.
I wanted the best golfers because I’d learn a lot from them, My aim was to watch them play but I didn’t know what a golf swing was all about.