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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19990926
Author:Jennifer Howard

Teed Off

"Whenever you see me with a furrowed brow,"P.G. Wodehouse wrote, "you can be sure that what is on my mind is the thought that if only I had taken up golf earlier and devoted my whole time to it instead of fooling about writing stories and things, I might have got my handicap down to under eighteen." Jeeves fans will applaud Wodehouse for sacrificing his handicap on the altar of literature. Don't feel too bad for the old fellow; he found ample opportunity to indulge his sporting passion while keeping up his literary output.

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