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Arnold Haultain was a British writer renowned for his diverse literary works. His writings spanned various forms including novels, poetry, and prose, and had a profound impact on British literature.

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“Most of the difficult things in golf are mental, not physical. Are subjective, not objective. Are the created phantasms of the mind, not the veritable realities of the course.”

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Author:Arnold Haultain

“Golf gives no margin: either you win or you fail. You cannot hedge; you cannot bluff; you cannot give a stop order. One chance is given you, and you hit or miss. There is nothing more rigid in life. And it is this ultra and extreme rigidity that makes golf so intensely interesting.”

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Book:The Mystery of Golf

Source: The Mystery of Golf

“Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself against a mortal foe; in golf it is yourself against the world: no human being stays your progress as you drive your ball over the face of the globe.”

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Author:Arnold Haultain

“Golf is not a wrestle with Bogey; it is not a struggle with your mortal foe; it is a physiological, psychological and moral fight with your self; it is a test of mastery over self; and the ultimate and irreducible element of the game is to determine which of the players is the more worthy combatant.”

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Book:The Mystery of Golf

Source: The Mystery of Golf

“Golf is a game in which attitude of mind counts for incomparably more than mightiness of muscle.”

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Book:The Mystery of Golf

Source: The Mystery of Golf

“Don't worry about your caddie. He may be an irritating little wretch, but for eighteen holes he is your caddie.”

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Book:The Mystery of Golf

Source: The Mystery of Golf

“There are more 'Don'ts' in golf than there are in any other avocation in life.”

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Author:Arnold Haultain

About the Author

Born: 1857
Died: 1941
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 12

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