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title: "4 Old Tom Morris Quotes - Famous Golfer (The scrapbook of Old Tom Morris)"
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# Old Tom Morris

(1821–1908)   Golfer

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Old Tom Morris was a golfer, best known for *The scrapbook of Old Tom Morris*.

## Quick Facts About Old Tom Morris

Born June 16, 1821

Died May 24, 1908

Profession Golfer

Notable works The scrapbook of Old Tom Morris

## About Old Tom Morris

Thomas Mitchell Morris, otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died there as well. Young Tom Morris, also a golfer, was his son.

##  Quotes by Old Tom Morris

> [The meaning of life is creative love. Not love as an inner feeling, as a private sentimental emotion, but love as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/old-tom-morris/the-meaning-of-life-is-creative-love-not-love-as-an-inner-feeling-as/)

Old Tom Morris

[Creative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/old-tom-morris-65056_creative_the-meaning-of-life-is-creative-love-not_364124.jpg)

> [We were all born with webbed feet and a golf club in our hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/old-tom-morris/we-were-all-born-with-webbed-feet-and-a-golf-club-in-our-hand/)

Old Tom Morris

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/old-tom-morris-65056_born_we-were-all-born-with-webbed-feet-and-a_2093143.jpg)

> [Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/old-tom-morris/nothing-is-more-endangered-in-the-modern-world-than-the-powerful/)

Old Tom Morris

[Abundance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abundance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/old-tom-morris-65056_abundance_nothing-is-more-endangered-in-the-modern_2641633.jpg)

> [Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/old-tom-morris/socrates-had-a-student-named-plato-plato-had-a-student-named/)

Old Tom Morris

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/old-tom-morris-65056_aristotle_socrates-had-a-student-named-plato-plato_3001593.jpg)

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