It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot. – Nubar Gulbenkian, 1972

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

Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your foe than will 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. – Grantland Rice [See also: “If you would read a mans Disposition, see him Game, y

Golf seems to me an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dogs out. – Princess Anne of Great Britain