11.   Amateur golf is the same way.

12.   Amateur golf was what golf was.

13.   Among them are golf pro Gary Player, actor Andy Garcia, basketball star Bill Walton, film director Jim Abrahams and movie critics Gene Siskel and Rogert Ebert.

14.   And golf is an imperfectable game.

15.   And Haffner, a self-taught golfer, knows that golf is a quirky game.

16.   And if he does somehow pull it off, he will reinforce the notion that golf is, indeed, the most mystical of sports.

17.   And now, finally, golf is out of the show room.

18.   And that particular afternoon, golf probably was the best thing for Glavine.

19.   And that spoke volumes about how golf is different from other sports when it comes to sportsmanship.

20.   --Anyone who says golf is the most boring fare on television probably has never watched three hours of an Academy Awards program.