As Hogan Said . . .: The 389 Best Things Anyone Said about How to Play Golf

“Hit the ball up to the hole...You meet a better class of person there.” —Ben Hogan. No one knows exactly when the first golf quotation was spoken; nonetheless we can be very sure it was unprintable. The game is a source of endless study endless fascination and endless frustration—which has led to an endless pursuit of wisdom about how to play it better. In the game’s 500 years of history it has drawn the attention of kings and commoners pros and con men stylists and butchers bag-toters and sandbaggers. All have had something to say about the game its implements or the impossibility of ever plumbing its inner depths. Randy Voorhees has taken on the daunting task of choosing the best most helpful and most entertaining quotations about the game of golf. From Penick to Trevino from Mackenzie and Wodehouse to Updike and McLean all the greats of the game are here with thoughts that will enlighten entertain and ensure lower scores. So read skim dip and savor.