© 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. golfīased on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. With infinite caution, like one suspecting a trap of some kind, he selected clubs from his bulging bag -P.Wielded his midiron like one killing snakes -P.That poor golf ball … perched on the tee, as naked as a quarterback without a helmet -Dave Anderson, New York Times/Sports of the Times, May 11, 1987.Stood addressing his ball like Lot’s wife just after she had been turned into a pillar of salt -P.Scooped with his mashie as if he were ladling soup -P.A man … with thirty-eight golfless years behind him … loses all sense of proportion … like a fly that happens to be sitting on the wall of the dam just when the crack comes -P.I’m playing like Tarzan and scoring like Jane -Chi Chi Rodriguez quoted in the 1987 Masters tournament by Dick Schaap.He whiffed that baby so bad he torqued like a licorice twist and found his head looking straight behind him like a cockatoo -Joseph Wambaugh.He stood over his ball, pawing at it with his driving-iron like a cat investigating a tortoise -P.If you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart -Arnold Daly, Reader’s Digest, November, 1933 Golf is like a love affair: if you don’t take it seriously, it’s no fun.Drove as if he were cracking a whip -P. Brooded over each shot like one whose heart is bowed down by bad news from home -P.Before making a shot, he would inspect his enormous bag of clubs and take out one after another, slowly, as if he were playing spillikens -P.The ball breasting the hill like some untamed jack-rabbit of the California prairie -P.Wodehouse Wodehouse, known for his humorous golf stories, not surprisingly coined many funny golf similes. Addressed his ball as if he were stroking a cat -P.
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