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P. G. Wodehouse was a British writer, humorist, and composer, renowned for his humorous stories and novels, especially those featuring the characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. His works have been translated into many languages and have had a lasting impact on generations of readers.

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“It is not mere technical skill that makes a man a golfer, it is the golfing soul.”

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Book:Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

Source: Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

“Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.”

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Book:The Clicking of Cuthbert

Source: The Clicking of Cuthbert

“The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.”

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Book:The Clicking of Cuthbert

Source: The Clicking of Cuthbert

“Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious.”

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Book:Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

Source: Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

“"After all, golf is only a game", said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realise what they are saying.”

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“A golfer needs a loving wife to whom he can describe the day's play through the long evening.”

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Book:The Clicking of Cuthbert

Source: The Clicking of Cuthbert

“They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke.”

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Book:The Clicking of Cuthbert: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: The Clicking of Cuthbert: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“Confidence, of course is an admirable asset to a golfer, but it should be an unspoken confidence. It is perilous to put it into speech. The gods of golf lie in wait to chasten the presumptious.”

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“The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.”

Ability Tests Golf Golfers

Book:Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

Source: Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

“Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It is one of the chief merits of golf that non-success at the game induces a certain amount of decent humilty, which keeps a man from pluming himself too much on any petty triumphs he may achieve in other walks of life.”

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Book:The Golf Omnibus

Source: The Golf Omnibus

“Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.”

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Book:The Clicking of Cuthbert: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

Source: The Clicking of Cuthbert: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

About the Author

Born: October 15, 1881
Died: February 14, 1975
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 328

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Right Ho, JeevesRelated source material

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