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Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by a whiff of arrogance.

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Alistair Cooke
Age: 95 †
Born: 1908
Born: November 20
Died: 2004
Died: March 30
Journalist
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Writer
Salford
Greater Manchester
Ambition
Exhibition
Skills
Exhibitions
Courage
Golfing
Open
Golfers
Arrogance
Soured
Skill
Overweening
Stupidity
Deflated
Golf
Whiff

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