Thomas Boswell Quotes - Page 2

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• Of the big four, the PGA is the most fair and the least fun. Basically, it's just the US Open set up by nice, rather than nasty, fellows.

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  Fun, Nice, Golf

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• At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the patience of St. Francis and the will of Patton. At its worst, the Open eradicates the difference in ability between a Tom Purtzer and a Tom Watson and throws both in the same jail of high rough and high risk shots. This is the disturbing tendency in the Opens of the seventies and eighties, one which worries everyone in golf.

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  Golf, Jail, Play

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• A major golf tournament is 40,000 sadists watching 144 masochists.

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  Golf, Tournaments, Golf Tournaments

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• A good umpire, like a good FBI agent, is never noticed if he is doing his job.

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  Jobs, Fbi Agents, Umpires

  Thomas Boswell (1984). “Why Time Begins on Opening Day”, Doubleday Books

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• When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. Itʹs obsession at first sight.

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  Falling In Love, Golf, Sight

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• The best place to catch a baseball hit by (Mark) McGwire is definitely not within the confines of the playing field, or sometimes even the ballpark. Other players dial '1' for long distance. McGwire has to ask for an international operator.

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  Baseball, Distance, Player

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• Baseball is religion without the mischief.

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  Baseball, Mischief

  "Ask Boswell: Redskins, Nationals and Washington sports". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. October 6, 2014.

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