Judge — March 5, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical cartoon depicts a chaotic urban street scene reimagined through a golfer's obsessive perspective. The golfer views everything—buildings, pedestrians, street signs—as obstacles and opportunities in an endless golf game. Key elements include references to **Walter Hagen's election as president** (a joke about the famous golfer), real estate advertisements, and a man at street level announcing "Fore!" repeatedly as he "drives through" traffic. The satire mocks **golf obsession**: the golfer is so consumed by the sport that he literally cannot see normal city life—he sees only fairways, rough patches, and hazards. Every urban element becomes part of the game. The title emphasizes this distorted perception: paradise for a golf fanatic is essentially the entire world recontextualized as one giant golf course. This reflects early 20th-century American attitudes about the growing popularity of golf among the leisure class and satirizes how hobbies could completely dominate someone's worldview.