Do you know people who love (or at least are very interested in) the competing religions that center around golf AND God? Especially folks who may be ordained ministers with a very soft spot in their hearts for the grand old game? Well, I am deeply into writing a novel around that theme. It features a character I am calling “The Learner.” He is a young pastor struggling with the many expectations of his job while trying to become a respectable golfer. I have met with a number of real life clergy and others who tell me tantalizing tales of trying to address both of these challenges, but I am always looking for more – tantalizing tales.
So, are you – or have you played golf with – a woman or man of the cloth? Have you heard a sermon that blends the two: golf and God? Have you invoked God while addressing your own golfing needs? I once had a friend, Alan Miller – may this good man rest in peace – who regularly claimed that God was out to get him on the golf course, and evidence suggests that it may have been true.