Golf was an invention of Scots gillies who enjoyed hitting sheep droppings into rabbit holes on the dunes of St. Andrews. It hasn't changed much. Being Scots they followed their walks with a dram or two of Scotch. This tradition has also been maintained. Golf is the only 'sport' in which smoking and drinking occur during the game. It is no surprise therefore that I am an afficionado. Although the game has become the sport of Presidents, kings, and CEOs and therefore both expensive and elitist, it is possible for the less well off to participate at moderate cost. As a marshall at the Mylora Course in Richmond I get to play free! Last year I achieved a Hole-In-One - more by accident than design but.... The job of marshall involves keeping the play moving, finding(and keeping)lost balls, removing the more obnoxious drunks, driving a buggy to a secluded spot and napping. One can learn many important life skills on the golf course. For instance how to cheat without discovery, how to lie to golfers about their skill, how to be polite and appear to mean it, how to hit a small ball with a long stick while inebriated etc. Weather is a factor but here on the West coast the season is all year. I played my last round in 2008 on December 5 and my first game of 2009 on January 20. Heigh Ho!
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