Book description
The Book of Golf Quotations is simply the best collection of
quoted wit and wisdom on the game of golf, the sport that has defined
generations of politicians, footballers, celebrities and ordinary folk
with plenty of spare time and a bewildering array of equipment and
brightly-coloured clothing. And, of course, professional golfers. The
range of quotes is as huge as a Tiger Woods tee shot, with quips from
such diverse leading lights as Monty and Mad Mac, Wodehouse and
Woosie, Churchill and Bobby Cruickshank, Bob Hope and Ben Hogan,
George Bernard Shaw and Tom Shaw - and fully updated to include all
the great quotes and comments of a new generation of golfing heroes
from Seve to Sam Torrance, other famous people who play golf, and
famous people who think golf courses should be abandoned and allowed
to seed wild grasses and trees instead. With all the experience and
gravitas of Jack Nicklaus, and as funny as a pair of Darren Clarke's
trousers, The Book of Golf Quotations is the last word for
every fan of frolics on the fairway, on the green or at the nineteenth hole.
'This game is great, and very strange.' Seve Ballesteros
'The best year of my life was when I was eleven. I got straight As,
had two recesses a day, and the cutest girlfriend, and won 32
tournaments that year. Everything's been downhill since.' Tiger Woods
'At least he can't cheat on his score - because all you have to do
is look back down the fairway and count the wounded.' Bob Hope
'There were three things in the world that he held in the smallest
esteem - slugs, poets, and caddies with hiccups.' P G Wodehouse
'You can't birdie all 18 holes if you don't birdie the first three.'
Nick Faldo
Pat Sullivan is a writer and freelance editor, and lives in the USA.
He co-wrote the original
Book of Golf Quotations
with his colleague, the late Bob Chieger. He has extensively researched
and revised this new edition.
