Posted AT 9:57 AM EST on 29/08/08
What I learned from a handicap 324 golfer
The one aspect of golf that, in my mind, elevates it above other sports is a simple thing: Enjoying the game doesn't depend on the skill level of who you're playing with.
This is partly because you're always able to play the course itself. But mostly it is due to golf's brilliant invention, the handicap system. To use the words of an old pal in Scotland, the system is "the perfect balance between greed and ego.
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