The Spirit of Golf

"Golf is a science - the study of a lifetime - in which you may exhaust yourself but never your subject!  It is a contest, a duel, or a melee, calling for courage, skill, strategy and self-control.  It is a test of temper, a trial of honor, a revealer of character. It affords the chance to play the man and act the gentleman.  It means going into Gods out-of- doors, getting close to Nature, fresh air, an exercise - a sweeping away of mental cobwebs, genuine recreation of the tired tissues. It is a cure for care, an antidote to worry. It includes companionship with friends, social intercourse, opportunities for courtesy, kindness and generosity to an opponent. It promotes not only physical health, but moral force."

Found in scrap book cutting, from the Ilfracombe Chronicle

dated 21st August 1922