Jason,
Nice post! I grew up in South Dakota, and on Sunday mornings a group of three of our nine hole golf course’s better players met every week for a round. For them to welcome me, as a high school kid, to join their group, was extremely kind. One of the three was on the board of education, and ok’d our high school starting a golf team. Again, an action that was above what would have been considered required.
Now that I’m as old as those three were, I try to retain the positivity that I was treated with, so that young players are not turned away from a great game.