"But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly"
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The specific intent feels conversational and diplomatic. He's not declaring golf as a passion so much as offering it as a practical solution, a small proof of a good life close at hand. "Near by" (with its casual spacing and lack of polish) and "fairly regularly" are doing cultural work: they frame leisure as routine, not indulgence; pleasure as modest, not performative. In a celebrity ecosystem that rewards spectacle, Como is selling steadiness.
Context matters because Como's public persona was built on ease - the cardigan-cool crooner whose success came packaged as effortlessness. Golf fits that brand perfectly: respectable, controlled, middle-class aspirational without seeming grasping. It's also a postwar American status marker that doesn't feel like status when you say it this way. The subtext is: I'm fine; my life is normal; don't worry about me. For a star often defined by calm, the line is a small masterclass in how to signal contentment without sounding like you're bragging, and how to keep fame from turning your private life into a storyline.
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| Topic | Sports |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Como, Perry. (2026, January 16). But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-we-do-have-a-golf-course-near-by-and-i-play-106000/
Chicago Style
Como, Perry. "But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-we-do-have-a-golf-course-near-by-and-i-play-106000/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-we-do-have-a-golf-course-near-by-and-i-play-106000/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.





