"Denmark is the latest of the Continental nations to receive
golf."--_The Tatler._
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But golf must have flourished at Denmark in Hamlet's time, judging by
the above reproduction of a very ancient mural decoration which has just
come to light.
See also quotation _Hamlet_, Act II., Scene 2:--" ... drives; in rage,
strikes wide!"]
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ENCOURAGEMENT.--_Professional Golfer_ (_in answer to anxious question_).
"Weel, no, sir, at your time o' life, ye can never hope to become a
_player_; but if ye practise hard for three years, ye may be able to
tell good play from bad when ye see it!"]
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[Illustration:
_Bertie_ (_to caddie, searching for lost ball_). "What are you looking
there for? Why, I must have driven it fifty yards further!"
_Diplomatic Caddie._ "But sometimes they hit a stone, sir, and bounce
back a terrible distance!"]
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_Old Hand._ "Ah, I heard you'd joined. Been round the links yet?"
_New Hand._ "Oh, yes. Went yesterday."
_Old Hand._ "Whot did you go round in?"
_New Hand._ "Oh, my ordinary clothes!"]
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