Photograph by Kamil Bialous; Wardrobe and accessories provided by Golftown, www.golftown.com
It’s Friday. It’s sunny. By all means a perfect afternoon for golf, if only that three o’clock meeting wasn’t standing in the way. So why not hit nine? How the idea got started that only 18 holes qualifies as a full round of golf is a bit of a fluke anyway. Early Scottish courses had as few as seven and as many as 25 holes. (St. Andrews started with 12.) Nobody complained. Now, with modern courses struggling to lure time-strapped duffers, there’s a renewed interest in nine-hole tracks. While they can be friendly to novices, they can also be quite bedevilling, requiring every club in your bag to get through. And just as important, you can get round in under 90 minutes. Your office won’t even miss you.
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