One under a tree, one under a bush, one under the water. – Lee Trevino, describing how he was one under during a tournament

Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable. – A.P. Herbert, Misleading Cases, 1935

A game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood. – Author unknown, variation of a famous non-golf quotation by Samuel Johnson “It i

If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is. – Horace G. Hutchinson (1859-1932)