Give up any hope of a better past, and move on. The man who takes up golf to get his mind off his work soon takes up work to get his mind off golf. Golf was once a rich man's sport, but now it has millions of poor players.
Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.
The secret of good golf is to hit the ball hard, straight and not too often. An amateur golfer is one who addresses the ball twice - once before swinging, and once again, after swinging. Many a golfer prefers a golf cart to a caddy because it cannot count, criticize or laugh. Golf is a game in which the slowest people in are those in front of you, and the fastest are those behind. A five mile walk punctuated with disappointments.