Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
I've always - I grew up on the old-style traditional type of golf course, tree lined and all small greens, big undulations. And Oakmont just fit my eye.
The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament.
If you take my entire golfing life, my favorites are the older courses, the more traditional and the more authentic.
In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be.
I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.
