Golf is hockey at the halt. – Arthur Marshall, 1985

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

“Play it as it lies” is one of the fundamental dictates of golf. The other is “Wear it if it clashes.” – Henry Beard, Golfing, 1985

Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it. – Robin Williams, 1986