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Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 4:37 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 18

Electric golf carts were first introduced into the world of golf in the late 1950s. Now more than 90 percent of all golfers in the United States ride in carts.

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 19th, 2011, 4:23 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 19

" When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller."
- Bobby Locke

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 20th, 2011, 4:19 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 20

The most difficult short 18-hole course in the world is the 4,785-yard, par-65 Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club in the Highlands of Scotland. The course record is only 60. The course runs up and down the side of a mountain.

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 21st, 2011, 4:19 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 31

" The main thing for the novice or the average golfer is to keep any conscious hand action out of his swing."
- Ben Hogan, Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 22nd, 2011, 3:55 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 22

The first golf course ever constructed in the United States was Oakhurst Links Golf Club in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in 1884. It no longer exists.

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 23rd, 2011, 5:34 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 23

" The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims he plays the game merely for exercise."
- Tommy Bolt, Golf: A good Walk Spoiled

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 24th, 2011, 5:03 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 24

Arnold Palmer was the first player on the PGA Tour to win $1 million in official money.

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 25th, 2011, 4:18 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 25

" There is a special delight in seeing the kind of divine fury with which he laces into the ball, and yet the wonderful accuracy with which the club meets the ball. "
- Horace Hutchinson, on James Braid

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 26th, 2011, 5:29 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 26

" Given an equality of strength and skill, the victory in golf will be to him who is captain of his soul."
- Arnold Haultain, The Mystery of Golf

Re: Wit & Wisdom of Golf

Posted: October 27th, 2011, 5:08 am
by Stan Nehilla
Oct 27

" You can start your soft-boiled eggs by the time he's ready ."
- Johnny Miller, on Nick Faldo's slow play