A Game Of Golf Is A Good Walk Spoiled
These are gifted players who ve devoted their lives to the game and on any given day they could just flat out stink.
A game of golf is a good walk spoiled. This is generally but incorrectly attributed to mark twain. The aphorism that golf is a good walk spoiled has taken on an entirely different dimension. Can t wait to see what the next round brings. I like to walk.
But even though i enjoy walking more than most i. Love this game but it sure can be frustrating am i right. Just the same golf is a walk by all standards and a long one at that most amateur golfers walk 5 6 miles in an average round of golf. While i never exactly shared mark twain s opinion of golf he is said to have called it a good walk spoiled which to my way of thinking more closely defines being mugged i had no particular interest in the activity.
You hit a ball as far as you can and if you find it the same day you have won over the years the adage has been assigned to several prominent individuals. Golf a good walk un spoiled by covid montreal gazette 2020 07 11 making the most summer erik leijon if golf is re ferred to as a good walk spoiled then golf in 2020 could be con sid ered a good walk un spoiled by covid 19. In fact the next time someone suggests that golf spoils a good walk. Golf of course has been defined as a good walk spoiled and a low comedian once described the game thusly.
Per haps no ac tiv ity is bet ter suited to our cur rent so cial dis tanc ing re al ity than golf. It s more than a good walk spoiled. Traveling with the golfers on the pga tour feinstein gets inside the heads of the game s greatest players as well as its struggling wannabes. It was long thought the quote golf is a good walk spoiled was thought to be from mark twain but it actually came from a book published in 1905 by leon wilson.
A good walk spoiled is a bit of a reality check. I try to walk at least 4 5 miles every day. John feinstein chronicles the struggles of the top golfers in the game as well as those trying to get onto the pga tour. This is generally but incorrectly attributed to mark twain.
Why not take the view of the earl of birkenhead who claimed the adage for british prime minister william gladstone. I ve never played real golf but i m really good at putt putt so i know i can putt. 4 06 rating details 3 387 ratings 97 reviews in the highly acclaimed bestseller a good walk spoiled john feinstein captures the world of professional golf as it has never been captured before.