Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself … - Arnold Haultain

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Arnold Haultain

Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself against a mortal foe; in golf it is yourself against the world: no human being stays your progress as you drive your ball over the face of the globe.

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