Quote by Alistair Cooke
Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflat

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill scoured by a whiff of arrogance. – Alistair Cooke

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Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. – Alistair Cooke

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Golf without mistakes is like watching haircuts. A dinner without wine. – Jim Murray

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These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. – Sam Snead

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One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life. No matter what you shoot — the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something. – Peter Jacobsen

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Golf is a game in which you yell “fore,” shoot six, and write down five. – Paul Harvey

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