A Personalized History Of Scottish Golf Or You'll Not Do That Here, Laddie

He thought a minute and said, "I reckon par to be about 74 today."

"What was it yesterday, for instance?" I asked.

"Oh, in that wind, par must have been 77 or so."

I said, "Well, I think I just made an eagle."

"You did na make an eagle, Sir," he said.

"A birdie?"

"Not exactly a birdie with the helpin' wind, Sir."

"A par?"

"Oh, much better than a par, it was," he said.

"So what the damn hell was it, James Cagney?"