ABSTRACT
In the present case the impressions will take the shape of comparisons between golf and other games in which the writer has had a wider experience, rather than any definite or absolute judgment on the game itself. Jesting apart, if a real estimate is to be made of golf, it must be formed by ascertaining the true requisites of a first-class game, and then inquiring whether they are to be found in golf. To get out of a difficulty in cricket or tennis is to enjoy two satisfactions—one physical, the other mental; to get out of a difficulty in golf is to enjoy only the latter. But an athletic head-master, with strong views on sanitation, was heard murmuring to himself after two rounds of golf, “This game exasperates the temper and does not open the pores”.
