1.   As the ride nears its end, it is one that should be applauded, even by those who think golf begins and ends with the PGA Tour.

2.   Golf began as a primitive pastime using wooden-shafted clubs to hit balls stuffed with feathers around grazing lands.

3.   Golf has only just begun to hint at how fervently it can love Howell back.

4.   Golf has begun to replace tennis as a public character test.

5.   On Sunday, they were due to spend the day at St. Andrews, a coastal town north of here best-known as the place where golf began.