Golf used to be a rich mans game....now there are millions of poor players

No work for me again today...too many caddies
chasing too few jobs. Its the winter doldrums.
Shevchenko turned up to play ..I believe he is
a Wentworth member. Someone told me that
when Pinochet was staying in a house on the
Wentworth estate he applied to be a member...
but they turned him down as they thought he was
too much of a liberal. They also said that they only
like to accept people who can do something in under
a hundred shots. Golf committees eh ?
Posh golf clubs such as the Dale obviously are
hard to get into. To be a member of such a club is
regarded as a dandyish feather to have in ones cap.
The members especially some of the old school are
notoriously difficult. I heard a story the other day about
one of the old members complaining to one of the
committee that he was angry that his dog had to eat
a sausage at the half way hut that was not warm enough !
What can one do or say ? Any insolence in the ranks is
severely frowned upon.
Visitors to the Dale are often shocked that members
are allowed to take their hounds out there with them . I
always say that they are allowed to do so just in case one
of the caddies escapes. However it is precisely this type
of hierachy and tradition that separates the great clubs
from the up-starts. No matter how great a golf course
or how affluent or exclusive their members are, nobody
can take away the history of some of these old classics.
They will always hold their place.
Even if the aristocratic membership is diluted..
( I believe the Dale is now accepting double barrelled
names rather than treble barrelled..! ) the course stays
the same.
Tomorrow I am due to caddie for the head honcho
from the European tour. I shall of course watch my P's
and Q's and even the ball on occasion. Hes a good man
...should be a gentle amble.
FORE !