“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that my swing won’t work.”(not said by) Thomas Alva EdisonBiographical note: Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman. This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.Getting it wr…

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“Golf consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”(not said by) Sir Winston ChurchillBiographical note: Sir Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II. This misquote brought to you by The…

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“We had seen golf in all its splendors, heard the text that nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.”(not said by) Sir Ernest ShackletonBiographical note: Ernest Shackleton was an Irish explorer who, along with his crew, survived a fam…

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“Golf rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.”(not said by) SenecaBiographical note: Seneca was a first-century Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.Getting it wrong for the…

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“In much of society, golf means to investigate something you do not know or understand.”(not said by) Neil ArmstrongBiographical note: Neil Armstrong is a former American astronaut and the first person to have set foot on the moon.This misquote bro…

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“The function of golf is to raise suffering to a higher level.”(not said by) Norman MailerBiographical note: Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. He died in November.This misquote brought t…

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“These golfers have turned away from outer reality; it is for this reason that they are more aware than we of inner reality and can reveal to us things which without them would remain impenetrable.”(not said by) Sigmund FreudBiographical note: Sigm…

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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon golf is the most perfect refreshment.(not said by) Jane AustenBiographical note: Jane Austen was an English novelist.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.Getting it wrong for the love of th…

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“It is far better to grasp golf as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”(not said by) Carl SaganBiographical note: Carl Sagan was an American astronomer and astrochemist.This misquote brought to you by The Ar…

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(PBS.org)Golf is the salt of life.(not said by) VoltaireBiographical note:Best known by the pen name Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet was a 16th century French author, deist and philosopher.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.Getting it…

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(uncp.edu photo)“Golf is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”(not said by) Maya AngelouBiographical note:Maya Angelou is a poet, author, educator, historian and civil rights activist.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golf…

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“Golf is the only investment that never fails.”(not said by) Henry David ThoreauHistorical note:Henry David Thoreau was an American author, philosopher and naturalist.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.Getting it wrong for the love…

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(Getty Images)Or is it “van de Velde”?CBS Sportsline spelled it “van de Velde.” So did the PGA Tour and the BBC.But a slew of others have it as “Van de Velde,” including OpenGolf.com, Sports Illustrated, Down the Middle (shameless plug) and…

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Golf.”(not written by) Thomas JeffersonHistoric…

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(Photo: The Stanford Daily)“We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what golf can be.”(not said by) Bill GatesNote:Bill Gates works part-time for Microsoft.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer.Getting it wrong for the l…

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(AP Photo)“Golf isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”(not said by) Vince LombardiHistorical note:Vince Lombardi won five NFL championships and two Super Bowls as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Gol…

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