Better identified by what he does rather than by what he is.  He never misses an opportunity for a game of golf, births, deaths, and marriages excepted.  Weather is no consideration, but, oddly enough, the quality and design of a course are of paramount importance.  Many a Real Golfer has sat on the beach or watched a football match on a sunny day with a third rate course convenient to him.  But the same gent would travel miles out of his way to get a game on a first-class course in the most appalling conditions and in the face of the most rabid domestic dissension.

G.A. Finn

Lazy Days At Lahinch