1 – Stress the positive

Yeah, yeah, playing golf is hard. But preach the flip side – loving golf is easy.

2 – A club of choice

So when the moaning and groaning in the grill room revolves around shoddy wedge play off tight lies, wouldn’t you love to respond, “Hey, I made some beautiful plays with the E-club today.” Ah, the luxury some of us own.

3 – Seems silly, but whatever

With America’s Curtis Cup team headed to Sunningdale to play Great Britain & Ireland and the Solheim Cup team prepared to host Europe in two weeks, you know what that means. Get out the face paint.

4 – Go New

To all those folks who are discovering that it’s a lot more difficult to get on the Old Course these days, here are two words for you: New Course. (And it’s actually every bit as enjoyable as the Old.)

5 – Warning, warning

When you need a drink and a snack just for the walk or ride to the next tee, well . . . give me the name of the course so I can avoid it.

6 – Golden rules

With four par-3s on a golf course, one needs to be 130 yards or less, and only one can be longer than 200 yards. Onward.

7 – You folks are a turn-off

Enough of the “USA, USA” chants every time Keegan Bradley hits a shot. Hold ‘em till September of ’25. Seriously.

8 – On a fade run

Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth aren’t even top 10 in the world if you only count Americans. Thomas is the 17th-ranked American, Spieth 22nd. In case you’re wondering how quickly things change.

9 – Dynamic, after all these years

If you’re talking about a sure thing in golf, it’s the PB & J sandwich.