Mike's Editor Letter

[Hacker Khan]

In an ideal world, I would love a more relaxed dress code in the clubhouse (partly to encourage my wife to come up for a beer and some lunch), I would rather I could use my phone (internet etc) in the clubhouse and free wifi would be even better (I like to relax with a coffee and read the news before a round), I would rather the odd social function was aimed at people under 60 and I would like all competitions to be drawn. No club near me offers this and so I have to either be a nomad or compromise. I compromised, others would not.

You say in an ideal world. But you could argue really, for any sport/pass time in 2014 that is after peoples hard earned money and (significant chunk of) leisure time, that should be standard, even should go without saying. I think it shows what a sorry state the game is in in some places that this is not the case.