The days of doing business with a handshake and a round of golf may be over, but there are plenty of people who just love the game — and even more who see the first round as a rite of spring.
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In my neighborhood, winter’s end is not signaled by buds on the trees; it’s the resolute golfers lugging their bags to the nearby driving range. Teddy Greenstein, the Tribune’s new golf writer, reflects on the Diversey range in this week’s issue of the Magazine. Teddy is stepping into the shoes of longtime golf writer Ed Sherman, who wrote this week’s story on the Solheim Cup.
Then there are those of us who would rather read about golf than play the game. Turn to the late John Updike on the subject: “Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.”
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