Golf '99

August, 1999

Golf is a game of converts, thousands of them. Nearly all resisted the game for one reason or another. It has too many rules, it has too many traditions, it's for old guys, it takes too long to play. All true. However. It takes just one shot at the right moment--a drive that carries a lake, an approach that backs up to within six feet of the cup--and then those who resisted, like the rest of us, are hooked. Ask golfers why they are so passionate and they'll say it is the competition. But golf is...