"Golf gives no margin: either you win or you fail. You cannot hedge; you cannot bluff; you cannot give a stop-order; you cannot jilt. One chance is given you, and you hit or miss. There is nothing more rigid in life. And it is just this ultra and extreme rigidity that makes golf so intensely interesting."
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Arnold Haultain
Theodore Arnold Haultain (3 November 1857 – 11 June 1941) was a British writer. He was for many years secretary to Goldwin Smith in Toronto, writing a memoir and acting as literary executor after his death. His book, Hints for Lovers, was a limited edition, dedicated to his daughter Emma.
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