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Golf is …

Golf is, in part, a game, but only in part.

It is also in part a religion, a fever, a vice, a mirage, a frenzy, a fear, an abscess, a joy, a thrill, a pest, a desease, an uplift, a brooding, a melancholy, a dream of yesterday, a hope for tomorrow and an endless journey.

New York Tribune, 1916

 

Golf is like a love affair. If you don’t take it seriously it’s no fun. If you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart.

Arthur Daley

 

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.

Bobby Jones

 

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

A. A. Milne

 

Golf is about how well you accept, respond to, and score with your misses much more so than it is a game of your perfect shots.

Bob Rotella

 

Golf is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

Ben Hogan