Profit & Delight

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The Nip Out Nines

I collaborate with AI + a community-organising wizard to rapidly solve an age-old golfing pickle for me and like-minded blokes.

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Arthur Meek
May 03, 2023
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I love golf and I love my family. Unfortunately, right now I canโ€™t do both, and that places my golf career on ice. ๐Ÿ˜”

Mattishall Golf Club, Norfolk.

A full round of golf takes about 4 hours.

Plus time to get there, warm up, wind down with a beer or six, get a taxi, jog in the next morning, retrieve the car and drive homeโ€ฆ

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Thatโ€™s half a weekend, and for a man like me, who works during the week and tries to be a considerate, present spouse and parent, itโ€™s unviable to play.

So I maintain my membership at Mattishall out of pure pride. It means I can cling onto my official, internationally recognised handicap. Thatโ€™s the number that tells the world โ€˜Iโ€™m a practicing golfer'. Even when Iโ€™m really not.

My problem is one that faces a significant portion of the pro-golf world.

Itโ€™s actually not an expensive sport to play, but it does cost time. Thatโ€™s why the most active age groups tend to be preโ€ฆ

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