"Drive for show and putt for dough" (1939)

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   More work on sports cliches, using THE SPORTING NEWS database, for the
Fred Shapiros out there. TSN didn't help here, however.  The first citation here
is from Ancestry--which has it as an "old saying."
   There are 3,900 Google hits for "putt for dough."


(ANCESTRY)
   14 August 1939, BISMARCK TRIBUNE (Bismarck, North Dakota), pg. 6, col. 3:
   There's an old golf  saying that "you drive for show--but putt for dough,"
and "that about tells the story," said Sarazen.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
SPORT POSTSCRIPTS
PAUL ZIMMERMAN. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.:
Mar 2, 1940. p. 6 (2 pages):
(First page--ed.)
   That old golf gag which says "they drive for fun but putt for dough"
certainly is being borne out these days by Jimmy Demaret, the smiling Texan who is
setting such a dizzy pace for the rest of the professionals in the winter
money tournaments.

Walker Wins Links Crown
JACK CURNOW. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jul
6, 1943. p. 8 (2 pages) :
(First page--ed.)
   Some golfing wag once said, "You drive for show and putt for dough!"

Eaton Paces Golfers in Southland Open
JACK CURNOW. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Nov
3, 1945. p. 6 (1 page):
   There's an old links bromide, "You drive for show and putt for dough."

Junior Girls Golf Opens Here Today
The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959). Washington, D.C.: Aug 17,
1959. p. A16 (1 page):
   "Drive for show and putt for dough," Anne Quast told a group of USGA
junior girls championship contestants during a clinic yesterday at Manor Country
Club.