Easter is a great time because of Bells Beach and the Masters at Augusta.
Not gunna lie, I haven’t golfed since before children (BC) but FMD I would again to play on such a handsome merkin course. Good that they let black fellas become members in 1990 and females in 2012.
Fun fact (as told to me). Details have been blurred so I don’t get sued….
My neighbour is a surgeon. He was born here, but his ethnicity is asian (ABC). For whatever reason his family tacks on an “E” to their surname. So for example an asian name of Chin might become Chine.
Anyway he golfs and one of his patients was a member of a super exclusive Sydney Golf Club in our area. So an introduction is made and he gets a call from some merkin inviting him to be a member. Cool he says, send me an email etc.
No, first you need to have a round with our Captain (I think that was the term). He’s available on Tuesdays at 2pm. Well, I operate on Tuesdays at a private hospital, so can we change it to Thursday or Friday ?
No.
Ok so I will arrange a Tuesday in 3 weeks time. Is that Ok ?
Yes, the Captain will look forward to play a round with you then.
So they have their round and then radio silence. He calls. He emails. Nothing. He calls the patient and asks WTF. Patient asks around and gets back to him and reports “I am really sorry Dr X, but it seems that that they are now saying that they have no openings for new members. But someone told me on the quiet that it was because you were asian. And looking around, we actually don’t have any asian members….”
So you you can file that under Ripley’s Believe it or Not.