Noel
Excellent description of what golf in the UK is all about. It's one of the reasons I have chosen to live here.
That being said, I'm sure you realise that those blessed with such a situation often do wonder what is on the other side of the road (pond) and can be seduced by fluffy fairways, anodyne "USGA spec (tm)" greens, cart girls, bunkers in the rough that provide eye-candy but no hazard, half-way houses, buffed-up college kids who unload their clubs from the car and call them "Sir", and a 19th hole with a wide-screen TV and Pina Coladas with nice little parasols and real ICE in them. These guys probably wouldn't particularly like clubs like Cypress Point or Gulph Mills, either, but then again, they probably would have as much chance as a snowball in hell of getting games there.......
Darren
Don't worry about TEP. I'm only 2-3 years younger than he is and he thinks I'm "wet behind the ears" too.