The image of the American golfer is at an all time low while environmentalists are having their day. It's going to take a few more years of Jordan Speith to undo this.
Gonna take a lot more than that, but then you know that, judging by your other posts.
Thanks for posting the link to the other piece, Pete Pittock. My own few brushes with the media leave me feeling similar to jeffwarne, skeptical of everything written or reported.
I'm always sympathetic to people like archie - and not just because I shared a round with him at Twisted Dunes and loved every moment of it. I suspect if more people had to interact on a regular basis, there may be more shared cynicism about our friendly bureaucrats. But alas, in our world, it's only bad if it happens to you, not to someone else, or so say most...