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Golf
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One of the bonds between Lily and me is that we both suffer with our teeth. She is twenty years my junior but we wear bridges, each of us. Mine are at the sides, hers are in front. She has lost the four upper incisors. It happened while she was still in high school, out playing golf with her father, whom she adored. The poor old guy was a lush and far too drunk to be out on a golf course that day. Without looking or given warning, he drove from the first tee and on the backswing struck his daugh
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― Henderson the Rain King
― Henderson the Rain King
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If you swim, you usually do it with your family. You can play three sets of tennis in an hour. However, by playing eighteen holes of golf instead of nine, a husband can manage to remain away from home most of the day. And if he's one of the many duffers and hooks or slices a great deal, he can spend most of the day in the rough, where it's impossible for his wife to find him.
But staying away from home isn't all there is to golf. It's not even the most important part.
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― Groucho and Me
― Groucho and Me
❝ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 (𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒…more
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A reading group for people who like golf.
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Everyone in this town is on at least one sports team.
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The bookclub companion to Birdiecast, the podcast about making light of life on tour, hosted by …more
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