The question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Professional golfer; winner of seven major championships
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
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The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
My tendency to skip meals.
Thinking that I’m right when I’m wrong. But not only that – being able to convince other people I’m right and then finding out I’m wrong.
Narcissism, solipsism.
My father was my major teacher, disciplinarian. But my mother lent a lot to me and to my life, in that, when things weren’t going right, or when my father was too tough, I had the soft feel of my mother to help me, and she did. And she a lot of the times gave me confidence that I needed to overcome some of the things that happened that weren’t so pleasant.
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
I’ve always believed the British Open is one of the greatest championships in the world. As a kid I read about Bob Jones and Walter Hagen and other Americans who had won the British Open...
There is no king of golf. Never has been, never will be. Golf is the most democratic game on Earth. It punishes and exalts us all with splendid equal opportunity.
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
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