Something we all agree on

Funny enough, I’ve been going the opposite way as of late unfortunately. The more I play with other people, the more I realize I don’t like most golfers out there these days.

Covid brought many to the sport, but etiquette and competence has eroded away as a result. I’ve come to enjoy my rounds alone more and more (and it gives me more time to fix other people’s ballmarks).

Nice positive attitude!

I had a little over a month between grad school and starting work. I decided to go out to City Park and just see if I could play as a single on the old West course. I had never gone golfing without having a friend along. The first day the starter paired me up with this youngish-looking black guy. This was back in the '90s. The guy was nicely dressed, no tats, etc. Turns out that he was 50 years old and a former cop who had just retired from NOPD.

Our games were similar (e.g., long, mostly straight off the tee and with approach shots but horrible pitching and putting). We wound up having a blast. We decided to start playing 3-4 times a week together for the next month before I had to stop to start work. I forget his name but he was a super nice dude and, at least for a month, as you said, we became buds.