The place of the father in the modern suburban1 family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
Golf isn't a game, it's a choice that one makes with one's life.
Charles Rosin, Northern Exposure, Aurora2 Borealis, 1990
There's something intrinsically therapeutic3 about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.
Charles Rosin, Northern Exposure, Aurora Borealis, 1990
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous4 clothing.
Dave Barry (1947 - )
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards5 or golf.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at.
Jimmy Demaret
The income tax has made more liars6 out of the American people than golf has.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Illiterate Digest (1924), "Helping the Girls with their Income Taxes"
