

Last I checked, the course can't swing a club, keep score or share a Guinness with you in the clubhouse after the round. I also don't share the sentiment that golf is about you vs. In stroke play, it feels like you're entire round is ruined. Making a 10 on a hole with two lost balls is demoralizing, but if you're playing another type of format, it's just one hole. Bad weather and difficult links courses lend themselves to humiliation when adding up scores.

If you think about it, that really makes sense. One of the things I love about playing in Great Britain and Ireland is that they don't exactly cotton to stroke play in casual rounds.
