David:
A friend sent me that article the other day, but I didn't post the link; I saw it the same day as the thread here about the boys from New Zealand playing golf every day for a year around the world.
I think I admire the young man in the Times piece more. He wasn't media-savvy enough to promote his tour in advance or in progress and seek out free help from those of us in the golf business, which he certainly would have received; instead, he apparently made his journey on his own terms because he wanted to.
The golf business could use more people like that.