I'm always fascinated by the British placement of utmost importance on the lunch before, after or between rounds of golf. Seems so very civilized, something we perhaps should aspire to on this side of the pond. Of course, in order to do that we'd very much need to adjust our willingness to get on with reducing the pace of play that has infected golf in the States. Oh for a regular three hour round of golf. You folks over there have no idea how good you have it.
Yes, it's a theme at a few of the more traditional clubs. A year ago I got to visit Muirfield, after only 35 years of meaning to do so, and was amused to find that the couple of sets of foursomes that were there that day had spent longer in the Dining Room than on the course for either morning or afternoon rounds. 36 holes of foursomes might be one of golf's best secrets. And only five hours golf in total...
I'm always fascinated by the British placement of utmost importance on the lunch before, after or between rounds of golf. Seems so very civilized, something we perhaps should aspire to on this side of the pond. Of course, in order to do that we'd very much need to adjust our willingness to get on with reducing the pace of play that has infected golf in the States. Oh for a regular three hour round of golf. You folks over there have no idea how good you have it.
Yes, it's a theme at a few of the more traditional clubs. A year ago I got to visit Muirfield, after only 35 years of meaning to do so, and was amused to find that the couple of sets of foursomes that were there that day had spent longer in the Dining Room than on the course for either morning or afternoon rounds. 36 holes of foursomes might be one of golf's best secrets. And only five hours golf in total...
I wish I was meditating in the NZ dining room right now!