When I was a kid, everybody that played golf was an old man. Until Tiger showed up, they weren't in very good shape.
Hit the ball up to the hole... You meet a better class of people up there.
My father was a very good golfer and he got me started early. My grandfather played, too. It was just something that the Kroft family did. I kind of grew up on the golf course.
You don't go home and talk about the great tennis courts that you played, but you do talk about the golf courses you played.
The European Tour plays all over the world: from the U.K. to China, from Korea to South Africa, and from the Middle East to southeast Asia.
Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.
The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.
I'm not the only foreigner who took up golf while living in Jakarta.
The reason I wrote about women's golf is because I've helped out some with the Kathy Whitworth Cup, a tournament they have in Fort Worth every year where they invite 60 of the best junior golfers in the country and even some foreign players.
I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.
