Golf in the Kingdom Quotes

“Replacing the divot is “an exercise for the public good.” It is also a reminder that “we are all one golfer.” There would simply be no game if every golfer turned his back on the damage he did.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

“In a golf club everyone knows the player who does not replace his divot. One can guess how he leads the rest of his life.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

“Then he began to speak. “Golf recapitulates evolution,” he said in a melodious voice, “it is a microcosm of the world, a projection of all our hopes and fears.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

“I can think of no better way to say it—those final holes played me.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

“We are all o’ us hypnotized, I tell ye, and you’re just refusin’ to look at the facts if ye say it otherwise. Now gowf reflects all this, yer right, Adam. It does indeed reflect all this. But what an awful reflection! What an awful reflection,” he shook his head sadly as he repeated the words. “I see the distorted swings, the hurried rounds, and now the electric carts tae ruin the courses and rob us of our exercise. And the configuration o’ physique that shows me how our twisted lives twist our bodies. I don’t think evolution is goin’ ahead so much as just goin’ along breedin’ more unfitness every day. We have got off the mark, gone for the wrong things, forgotten what it’s all about, gotten oursel’s hypnotized by silly people.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

“Oh, golf is for smellin’ heather and cut grass and walkin’ fast across the countryside and feelin’ the wind and watchin’ the sun go down and seein’ yer friends hit good shots and hittin’ some yerself. It’s love and it’s feelin’ the splendor o’ this good world.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom

“Turning swords to plowshares is, as I like to see it, one of the chief promises the game holds out for us.”
― Michael Murphy, Golf in the Kingdom