The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.…

P. G. Wodehouse
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The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start. ✨ P. G. Wodehouse, D. R. Bensen (1999). Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start. ✨ P. G. Wodehouse, D. R. Bensen (1999). Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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