- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Country Club Quotes
Real voices on golf, class, and country club life.
Some of these lines come from people who grew up inside the gates, caddying at nine years old, washing pots in the clubhouse kitchen, or wishing a stricter father had let them play golf. Together they read like a candid tour of what a Country club really meant to the kids who worked and played there.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked at a local country club that I never belonged to. I did random tasks in the pro shop and supposed to be in charge of the register, but that didn't go so well. They quickly realized I was better with people, not computers.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My one complaint with my father as a parent is that, not only was he not a golfer, but also he was sort of opposed to golf. I was a country club kid growing up. I should have played golf, but my father thought golf was a sport for old men.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad said, 'If you want to go out with girls and go out with your friends, get a job.' I found one at the local country club as a pot washer in the kitchen.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find I go in airports anywhere in the country, and someone's always coming up to me and saying 'Hey, you're at my country club in Dubuque, right?' You know, because they kind of know my face, but they don't know why.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020