Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

It seems to me that you can go sauntering along for a certain period, telling the English some interesting things about themselves, and then all at once it feels as if you had stepped on the prongs of a rake.

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.