I had to call a week ahead for tee times.

a) I had to golf at a place that even had tee times
b) I had to golf at a place with more than 300 members
c) I had to golf at a place that made me take a cart

Joel,

Nice response!  


Jeff F.

JakaB - not that you ever had thoughts of doing so for sure, but now it's crystal clear, you CANNOT move to California.

TH

.... there was no hope of improving.

We know of a certain gentleman who at past 70 is still taking lessons.  Our goals or objectives have to change to reflect new realities, but not our desire to surpass them.  Something about golf being a game of a lifetime where one can exhaust himself but never the subject.  Just because I can't hit the ball as long, doesn't mean that I can't chip better.  A friend of mine (and GD rater) who is now approaching 70 won the regular and senior club championships at the premier club in Dallas in 2002.  He was good when he was a member of my home club 15 years ago, and he is probably better today.  It can be done, rarely, but the opportunity is there.

. . . I could get full walking access (with a putter, a ball and a chipping club -- 8-iron, maybe) to every course, everywhere in the world.

Well, I don't know if I'd give it all up -- but, given an unlimited travel budget (forgot to mention that part!), I'd be tempted.