The Way Golfers Screw Up: Club Membership
April 2, 2008 – 10:00 am | by GolfdirtOriginally Published in HumanGolf.com
By Martin Vousden
PREVIOUSLY: Sportsmanship
We should: Have understanding, sympathy and encouragement for all club employees, whether they be the secretary, pro, greenskeeper, catering or other staff. We should realize that they have particular skills, knowledge and abilities that we do not possess, and look for ways in which we can help them in running the club.
We do: Join the greens committee and, solely on the basis that we have a lawn so we know what we’re talking about, presume to lecture the course superintendent (who only went to college for three years to study agronomy, topography, meteorology and several other “ologies”) on the best way to restore the 12th green to its former glory. And if he or she doesn’t listen, we make the secretary’s life a misery by demanding that the superintendent be sacked.
NEXT: Strategy
Martin Vousden is a freelance golf writer, a former editor of Today’s Golfer and launch editor of Golf Buyer and Swing magazines. His book, With Friends Like These; A Selective History of the Ryder Cup, was published in 2006 by Time Warner. He edits the RareBirdie.com website.
