All golfers should be aware of this.
In 1923, Who Was:
>
> 1. President of the largest steel company?
> 2.. President of the largest gas company?
> 3. President of the New York stock Exchange?
> 4. Greatest wheat speculator?
> 5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?
> 6. Great Bear of Wall Street?
>
> These men were considered some of the worlds most successful of their
> days..
> Now, 80 years later do you know what ultimately became of them?
>
>
>
> The Answers:
>
>
> 1. The president of the largest steel company.
> Charles Schwab,
>
> died a pauper.
>
> 2. The president of the largest gas company,
> Edward Hopson,
>
> went insane.
>
> 3. The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney,
>
> was released from prison
> to die at home.
>
> 4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger,
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> died abroad, penniless.
>
> 5. The president of
> the Bank of International Settlement,
>
> shot himself.
>
> 6 The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Livermore,
>
> also committed suicide
>
>
>
> However,
> in that same year, 1923, the PGA Champion
> and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US Open, was
>
> Gene Sarazen.
>
> What became of him?
>
>
> He played golf until he was 92,
> died in 1999 at the age of 95.
> He was financially secure
> at the time of his death.
>
> The Moral:
>
>
> Why work.?
> Play golf.
