The Smaller The Ball Used

My Favorite Monologue In The Book Is Kate Harrington's Story Of Her Relationship With Truman.

At The Base Of It Was The Urge, If You Wanted To Play Football, To Knock Someone Down, That Was What The Sport Was All About, The Will To Win Closely Linked With Contact.

Golf Cannot Be Played In Anger, Or In Any Mood Of Emotiional Excess. Half The Golf Balls Struck By Amateurs Are Hit If Not In Rage Surely In Bewilderment, Or Gloom, Or In Cynicism, Or Even Hysterically - All Of Those Emotional Excesses Must Be Contained By The Professional. Which Is Why Balance Is One Of The Essential Ingredients Of Golf. Professionals Invariably Trudge Phlegmatically Around The Course - Whatever Emotions Are Seething Within - With The Grim Yet Placid And Bored Look Of Cowpokes, Slack-bodied In Their Saddles, Who Have Been Tending The Same Herd For Two Months.

The Smaller The Ball Used In The Sport, The Better The Book.

Art Has Something To Do With The Arrest Of Attention In The Midst Of Distraction.