I may have told you my favourite my only golf story before but allow an old man to repeat himself. It was at a time when the 'Memsahib' was mad on golf and one day I overcame my lethargy and decided to join her and her friend in a game. They, of course, played properly but I just hacked and thrashed my way round to try and get the feel for it. At the 8th hole I did what I had done on every other hole and skewered the ball way over to one side. I found it halfway down a slope and I was told that the green lay over the top of the ridge. Bar one single sapling of a tree at the top of the ridge there were no other impediments. I took an almighty swing and, for the very first time I heard that magical ping which tells you that you have hit the ball fair and square. My ball went streaking off like a guided missile - and hit the 6" trunk of that bloody-bloody tree. It hit it so hard and so fast that it bounced back over my head and rolled down the slope and into a stream. It was at that point that I retired from golf, or to be precise, I hurled the club on the ground and stomped off swearing never to play that stupid game again!
All of which brings me to the Muirfield Golf Club, apparently one of the oldest golf clubs in the world whose 100% male membership is made up, according to the commentariat, of antediluvian, troglodyte Jocks - yeeeeees, quite! Anyway, these 'brave hearts' have displayed courage of the very highest order by refusing to pass a motion allowing 'wimmin' to become members of their all-male club. Dammit, I am reminded of how many times the old British empire trembled in peril and was saved by pugnacious, obstinate Jocks!
Now, to be honest, I, personally, would not wish to be a member of a male-only club for the simple reason that the vast majority of men bore me to death, not least because I frequently find that I am far more intelligent than most men! I have also found that the ladies are usually more amusing, witty and lively than chaps. However, I defend to the death the right of boring old codgers to form private clubs whose membership is restricted to yet more boring old codgers. If you, dear reader (or readerette), are not convinced then allow me to point you to a pair of worthies who have expressed their 'shock 'n' horror' at this male-only decision, they are Ms. Nicola Sturgeon and Ms oops, sorry, Mr. David Cameron. Whatever those two tits are in favour of, I am against!
The orgasmic coverage of this "shock" decision by the MSM tells you all you need to know about news coverage in this country. The story is quite simple :
Muirfield is NOT a golf club
Its a dining & drinking club for Edinburgh based Shysters & Banksters with a golf course attached.
The Members there couldn't care less whether or not they host the Open - in fact most would prefer it didn't as the disruption to their most agreeable routine is considered unacceptable.
They certainly won't be told by those upstarts in St Andrews what they have to do, in fact, pressure exerted from that direction is counter productive.
End of your golf report !
Posted by: david morris | Friday, 20 May 2016 at 08:46
Good for Muirfield. I would not wish to be a member either, but they have a right to run the club as they wish and that's important.
Posted by: Uncle Mort | Friday, 20 May 2016 at 12:03
David, your experience with golf was about like mine. Years ago when I played a few times, my interpretation of the game was "creative". I could tee off at number one and hole out on number 3 after about 11 strokes. Hole number 2? I'll come back to it after while I figured. The last time I played--mid 1980s--an old codger asked me what my handy cap was. I unloaded the bag from my shoulder and replied, "pretty much every club in this bag". I dropped the bag of clubs on a bench and left the premises sans clubs and never picked one up again. I stick to fishing. Anything goes wrong there, I can blame the fish.
Posted by: Whitewall | Friday, 20 May 2016 at 13:30
Good for the men of Muirfield.I wonder what the reaction would be if a man insisted on joining his local W I branch?
Posted by: John Duckett | Saturday, 21 May 2016 at 01:03
I didn't want to be a member of their silly old club anyway.
Posted by: Andra | Saturday, 21 May 2016 at 06:44