Old Friends #4 - "My Favourite Club" by Stephen Proctor

I can think of no thrill in golf to compare with that of watching in awe as a purely struck brassie sails toward the flag, bounces once in front of the green and rolls inexorably to within a few feet of the cup.

It is nothing less than a moment of communion with the supreme master of that club, John Ball, Jr, the first Englishman to win the Open and cham…