In Golf, Humiliations Are The Essence Of

To The Goggling Unbeliever Texans Say, As People Always Say About Their Mangier Dishes, 'but It's Just Like Chicken, Only Tenderer.' Rattlesnake Is, In Fact, Just Like Chicken - Only Tougher.

Golf Is An Open Exhibition Of Overweening Ambition, Courage Deflated By Stupidity, Skill Soured By A Whiff Of Arrogance.

Every Sport Pretends To A Literature, But People Don't Believe It Of Any Other Sport But Their Own.

It Is A Wonderful Tribute To The Game Or To The Dottiness Of The People Who Play It That For Some People Somewhere There Is No Such Thing As An Insurmountable Obstacle, An Unplayable Course, The Wrong Time Of The Day Or Year.

[golfers] Are A Special Kind Of Moral Realist Who Nips The Normal Romantic And Idealistic Yearnings In The Bud By Proving Once Or Twice A Week That Life Is Unconquerable But Endurable.