# Quote — P.G. Wodehouse, The Clicking of Cuthbert

> [Millionaire-financier Vincent Jopp said:] "Go out and buy me a set of clubs, a red jacket, a cloth cap, a pair of spiked shoes, and a ball."
>
> --"One ball?"
>
> "Certainly. What need is there of more?"
>
> --"It sometimes happens," I explained, "that a player who is learning the game fails to hit the ball straight, and then he often loses it in the rough at the side of the fairway."
>
> "Absurd!" said Vincent Jopp. "If I set out to drive my ball straight, I shall drive it straight."

- Author: [P.G. Wodehouse](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse.md)
- Book: [The Clicking of Cuthbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse/the-clicking-of-cuthbert.md)
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> "What I want to know is what a fellow does when he plays golf. Tell me in as few words as you can just what it's all about."
>
> --"You hit a ball with a stick until it falls into a hole."

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