A crazy idea at Tumbledown that had to backfire

Golf clubs get a bad rap and sometimes deservedly so.

It’s difficult not to be out of touch when the entire set-up is dependent on a splendid isolation from reality. A big expanse of green serenity untouched by the outside world and undisturbed by the inner demons of the frustrated golfers scattered around, mourning lost balls, lost swings and lost minds.

It hasn’t helped their cause this week that a golf club in Madison, Wisconsin, brought widespread ridicule upon itself by offering a special deal for today’s 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre in Lower Manhattan.