“It’s a game for life, a healthy outdoor pastime, especially if walking the course.”
I would like to modify the game a little.
The golf ball should be standard compression — much lower than the modern ball so courses could be smaller.
Carry your own clubs, a maximum of three plus a putter.
Walk the course? Not if you can run the course. Play for time. How fast can you complete 18 holes?
If the ball goes in the water, you go in and get it.
Put a goalie (holie?) in front of the 18th hole.
Maybe increase the element of danger on the pro circuit — Crocagators in the water traps; cobras in the sand traps.
He changed the clubs out so he always had something different in the bag. He was a dependable score of 85.
He carried his clubs in something resembling a child's golf bag.
Although he didn't run the course, he shared my contempt for slow play.