Golf Anyone?

Other than golf, what other sports do you enjoy? Is there any sport that you have tried and were just awful at? And have you ever considered becoming a professional golfer?

I played every sport going at school... In the English game of cricket you need 11 players. I always got into the team as 11th man, the same at football where you have 11 players. Again, I always made the team because we only had 10 players and me, to be honest, I did make my mark at cricket. I hit the bowler over the head with bat because he bowled me out, which was not a good idea.

I did not take up golf until I was in my 30's so to aim to be professional was not even a question. I think it is one of the toughest sports to play. Every course is different and the elements make the sport even tougher. I have been fortunate enough to play with many of the world's leading golfers and proudly display a few trophies picked up here and there.



John Lowe at the Belfrey Golf Course, Home of the Ryder Cup

As I've interviewed other darters, I have discovered that many darters are, or once were, avid chess players. Are you a chess player?

I have never learned to play chess. My passion is cribbage. The nearest I have ever been to chess was when I visited Tokyo a few years ago. I was invited to the "Diet" (their government building) to play darts against 20 or so players. I did not know until I arrived that I had to throw three darts against one player, move to the next board and throw three against the next and the third board and so on. I had seen the chess masters do this but never darters. I still brag a little about that because I did not lose a match.

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