Golf is a funny sport! (And not to sound like that old fool always being negative but capitalism (i.e., making more money) is hurting this beautiful sport.)

Yep the money and greed ruins everything in the end. Just ask Kino in John Steinbeck's 'The Pearl'

I was talking to a golf friend today and he had an even worse story, he actually qualified for the last 27 last year, but did not realise and had gone home - they rang him when it was his tee time and he had to forfeit his place. The same guy usually struggles to qualify, so he was pretty gutted to miss out on his chance to have his name on the wall for all eternity!