It's Open Week, And Life Is Good

OS firmly contends that the best sport ever granted to mankind by a loving Providence is golf, for a looong list of reasons, the first of which is that civility is the first rule of conduct. No trash-talking on the tees, no A-Rod pretending to apply a tag and suckering an umpire. Players call penalties on themselves. No elbows to the face, no fistfights clearing the benches. Everybody (except maybe the senior players) keeps their teeth. Clowns like John Daley find themselves uninvited. Idiots like Tiger Woods have to behave if they ever intend to continue.

Very few injuries on the order of blown knees, concussions, broken limbs. No bleeding to staunch, and golf can be played well into old age. OS played one of the best rounds of his life in a party with a 80+ year-old retired PGA player. The old guy was spry and limber, and played bogey golf on a tough course off the blue tees.

If our culture reflected more of those values, we might just be better off.

The Open Week is the best week of the sport every year.

Here's the link to the tournament site.

Here's the link to the Royal and Ancient, who sponsor the tournament. If anybody is looking for a great cause to participate in, the R & A is a great place to begin.