A regular four

Or, a reminder to get out and play, next time you’re invited. Don’t worry about the drizzle…

The familiar, chalky pillars line the corridors of the Clubhouse, revealing the winners of various competitions, past and present. Their names and scores are like ghosts from the early days of this strange, tribal community that is a “Club”.

For golf is not like most other leisure pastimes. You don’t just bring your chequebook to this sort of Club, myst…