The joy of the game

How to forget the figures in a world of measurement...

Near the first tee, there now sits a large, white board, with a whole load of numbers on it, and in front of it, a huddle of confused golfers, of various vintages. As I roll a few practise putts, snippets of conversation drift across, and the usual buzz of (often naive) anticipation that we used to hear - that this might be the game they’ve always hoped…