20 Playful Captions for Every Photo on the Golf Course

Golf is a truly unique sport, combining skill, strength and precision with the great outdoors to make it about so much more than whacking a white ball into a hole.

It's a social sport, let you can't rely on anyone else, and can be surprisingly challenging on both a physical and mental level. Basically, there's nothing like it, and if you're a fan of the sport and have been spending time on the course lately, you can share your favorite shots of the game and the green with the playful captions below.

For when you've actually been golfing well:

"Subpar."

 

For attempting to empty your mind:

"You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about."

-Bobby Jones

 

For when you just can't stop playing:

"Golf is a terrible, hopeless addiction, it seems."

-Mike Seabrook

 

For speeding around in the golf cart:

"He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie."

-Mickey Mantle

 

For knowing the importance of your hips as you swing:

"It's all in the hips."

-Chubbs Peterson, Happy Gilmore

 

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For needing all the luck you can get:

"May the course be with you."

(via Unsplash)

 

For when you just can't seem to avoid the sand traps:

"He spends more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff."

-Shooter McGavin, Happy Gilmore

 

For struggling to stay on the green:

"I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible."

-Lee Trevino

 

For toting your clubs around:

"Who's your caddy?"

 

For when things start going your way:

"Oh the life of a golfer is not all gloom."

-"Straight Down the Middle," Bing Crosby

 

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For when putting is your greatest weakness:

"Just tap it in. Just tap it in. Give it a little tappy. Tap tap taparoo."

-Happy Gilmore, Happy Gilmore

(via Unsplash)

 

For the course that takes your breath away:

"Un-fore-gettable."

 

For cherishing your time on the green:

"My worst day at golf still beats my best day at work."

 

For knowing a hole in one isn't everything:

"A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill."

-Ben Hogan

 

For slowly improving your game:

"Hitting the ball is the fun part of it, but the fewer times you hit the ball the more fun you have."

-Lou Graham

 

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For when the ball refuses to behave:

Why you don't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home? Answer me!"

-Happy Gilmore, Happy Gilmore

 

For when the ball is nowhere to be seen:

"Get in, loser. We're going looking for my golf ball."

 

For not sweating the misses:

"Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy."

-Amy Alcott

(via Unsplash)

 

For teeing up:

"Tee-rific."

 

For complaining when things don't go your way:

"Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game."

-Jack Nicklaus

 

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