John Aubrey

My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for read more

My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my brother and myself, some kind of business. He'd asked the owners of this course to call him if it ever came up for sale, and one day, they called. I had a scholarship offer to Ohio State and my dad said, 'Son, what do you want to do, cut grass or go to school?' I said, what do you want me to do, Dad? He said, 'Well, I can't afford any help.' I said, 'No problem, Dad, I'll help you cut grass.' Looking back, I think I made the right decision.

He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no read more

He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.

To make a hole-in-one in a major, that was great, ... It's an honor for me to play in a read more

To make a hole-in-one in a major, that was great, ... It's an honor for me to play in a major with all these great players and be under par... and then make a hole-in-one to boot. That might put me in the history books.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading.

I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was read more

I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was going to be close.