Life — March 17, 1921 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This six-panel comic strip by A. B. Frost depicts the progression of a man's obsession with golf across different life stages and circumstances. The sequence shows a gentleman repeatedly playing golf despite increasingly inconvenient situations—with his wife, children, and social obligations present. The final panel, captioned "THAT WAS A CORKIN' DRIVE," shows him swinging a golf club while a woman and child watch disapprovingly. The satire targets the golf craze that swept American upper-class society in the late 19th/early 20th century, mocking how men prioritized the sport above family responsibilities and social propriety. The title's double meaning—once someone takes up golf, they're obsessed with it forever—is the joke's core. It's a gentle but pointed critique of masculine recreational excess.