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Get to know the local folk, those in the villages that dot the landscape of the British Isles, and for sure engage a caddy and develop a rapport with him. The first time I played St. Andrews, my caddie, Sydney Rutherford, was 82 years old. I played after lunch, and he had played 18 holes that morning. He knew every detail of the Old Course although he could not see, and he would offer such suggestions as, “Hit it to the third steeple on the church to your right,” or “Hit it directly toward the second fence post on your left.”

Herbert Warren Wind, who was the esteemed golf writer for the New Yorker, after spending a summer in Scotland once wrote that to play golf in Scotland without hiring a caddie “is to deny oneself the wine of the country.”

The concept of a B& B (bed and breakfast) originated in the United Kingdom, and it was part of my summer booking for almost 35 years, which I would not take anything for today. I got to know families and their interests and “inside” stories. The hospitality was as genuine as you might find anywhere on earth—from the golfing experience and the warm hospitality of the people. What I would give to enjoy that enriching experience again! Every day got my vote for a supercalifragilisticexpiali-docious rating.