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“I like going there for golf. America is one vast golf course today.”

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Edward VIII, full name Edward Albert Christian, was a former King of the United Kingdom, born on June 23, 1894, and died on May 28, 1972. His reign was marked by his controversial love affair with American divorcee Wallis Simpson. more

“Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn't be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner.”

Men Trying Two Different Would Be Games Perfect Common He Man Balls Sticks Golf Cups Winner Flags Swings Closest Hitting Pins Tournaments Golf Ball

Author:Ben Hogan

“I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?"”

Doe Said Care Lying Break Five Feet Ten Golf Shoulders Thirty Who Cares Caddies

Author:Jack Lemmon

“The best stroked putt in a lifetime does not bring the aesthetic satisfaction of a perfectly hit wood or iron shot. There is nothing to match the whoosh and soar, the almost magical flight of a beautifully hit drive or 5-iron.”

Doe Shots Golf Lifetime Satisfaction Woods Flight Iron Aesthetic Soar

Author:Al Barkow

“If it really made sense to "let the club do the work," you'd just say, "Driver, wedge to the green, one-putt," and walk to the next tee.”

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Author:Tom Mulligan

“At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the patience of St. Francis and the will of Patton. At its worst, the Open eradicates the difference in ability between a Tom Purtzer and a Tom Watson and throws both in the same jail of high rough and high risk shots. This is the disturbing tendency in the Opens of the seventies and eighties, one which worries everyone in golf.”

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Author:Thomas Boswell

“The better you putt, the bolder you play.”

Play Golf Golf Life

Author:Don January

“I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.”

Enjoy Missing Tired Golf Gallery

Author:John Daly

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