My dad was a keen golfer when he was alive and when my sister and I were little he used to take us on putting greens, little miniature golf courses which we loved. As an adult I must say I'm not particularly interested in golf although I can see it requires a lot of skill and as you say pays phenomenal amounts of money if you play professionally. It's strange but my dad also played cricket and bowls, two other sports which I find boring; these sports definitely seemed more popular back in the 60s and 70s. Golf was not on the syllabus at my school so we didn't have to endure it but I wonder whether I would have preferred it to hockey which I hated. This question has brought back fond memories of my dad. I can see our old house with his golf clubs sitting in the cupboard and remember him heading off in the car to play the game with his friends. Happy days remembering my life at home with my mum, dad and sister.