1.   Although few pros ever have to quit golf because of unsuccessful nose surgery, the others were potential career-breakers.

2.   Goodfellow quit golf a few years ago.

3.   He quits golf, thus quitting life, so he can drink.

4.   He has had to quit tournament golf altogether, so bad were his performances week after week.

5.   McCarver remembered a time when he was ready to quit golf, frustrated by his play.

6.   He failed to live up to his early promise and quit golf to sell real estate and life insurance.

7.   Not long ago, Inkster thought it might be time to quit golf.

8.   Former Ryder Cup player David Feherty, who announced last month he was quitting golf, appeared on Wednesday to have had a rapid change of heart.