“Golf is an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle” was cited in 1999 and is of unknown authorship. “Golf can best be described as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle” was cited in 2001.
“Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer” was cited in 2005. The jocular saying has been printed on bumper stickers and coffee mugs.
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Sneaky Long Driver
Jim Hastings
10/5/99
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“Golf is an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.”
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Why did RA approve non-conforming clubs?
Glenn
4/4/01
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“Golf can best be described as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.”
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humour?
Brian Yare
4/24/01
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.
Google Books
The Issues of Life in Poetic Verse
By Jack J. Chinn
Fairfax, VA: Xulon Press
2002
Pg. 169:
Golf can best be described as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.
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List to give beginners in golf
retiredusarmy
5/4/05
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.
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Clean Humor
stewburner
11/18/06
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Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.
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Sikandar BK
@sikandarbk
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.
2:47 PM - 2 Jun 2009
Google Books
Golf Matters:
500 Quotes From The Best Golf Players And Golf Lovers
By Emmanuel Fauvel
MyPublishingCompany
2014
Pg. ?:
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle. - Unknown
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Your Golf Travel
@yourgolftravel
GOLF: An endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.
RT if you agree!
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3:30 PM - 5 Feb 2016
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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