A Leo can only dream of playing like a Tiger

Woking Golf Club: After arriving slightly late to the tee, i was overwhelmed by the beauty of the course. It was exactly like the courses you see watching the PGA or European tour; Swathes of viloet heather mixed with imaculate pines and carpet like fairways.

The initial tee shot was a nervy one, but the solidly struck 4 iron set me up for a nice approach to the green. The dreaded 3 put came into play - and i was one down after one. The rest of the round was steady and a few pars mixed in with a birdy and bogie made me satisfied....This was until i came across the 15th Green.

All that stood in the way of me and the green was 120 yards and a slight breeze. I had to hit an easy P/W in and i would be looking at a decent score going in to the final 3 holes. Instead, what happened next ruined my round. My ball ended up hitting the club house, narrowly missing several 'older' gentlemen who were dining out on a bottle of port and fat cuban cigars.

Prefuse apologies on my part were not enough to placate the understandably angered retirees. I faced calls of "your not fit enough to play at my club" and "don't you know how to play golf", whilst taking a drop and further noise when playing my chip back to the green.

I suddenly felt like Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore when he loses his form and is hounded by the giant Richard Kiel (Jaws in James Bond)....Ok maybe slight over reaction, but it did knock my confidence back.

But how dare they respond in the way they did i thought and what right do they have to think they're better than me!!? I shouted "Fore" in plenty of time, it's their fault for not being able to move quick enough. Perhaps a few less glasses of the dark stuff at lunch would have helped.

For the rest of the round, I thought up a retort that I could use on the over zealous men who taunted me. My shots were poor and my scorecard showed this.

The final blow to my confidence came when i stuck my approach to the 18th green in the lake. That was it for me and i watched the other player finish off his round.

As much as Woking is a fine course, if members are going to treat other players with such distain, then i would take my money elsewhere in future. Golf should have rid itself of the heirachy system that still plagues its established clubs, whereby money is seen to be a prerequisite for rudeness.