The Dalai Lama, Novak Djokovic, President Trump, Pope Francis and the Queen are among nearly 100 recipients of letters from Clive Agran, a freelance golf journalist who lives just outside Rye.
The letters, all of which are connected with golf, have just been published in a book, “A Partridge on a Par Three”. The title comes from one written to the British Ornithological Trust in which Clive seeks support for changing the nomenclature for scores over par from bogey, double bogey, etc. to partridge, great tit, ruddy duck and shag. In fact, the original title of the book was, “Two Great Tits on the Front and a Shag up the Last” but so many outlets refused to stock it that Clive was obliged to change it to something perceived as less offensive.
Among the ideas contained in the letters is a putter that simply can’t miss; using the RAF to help create features on a golf course to be built on otherwise flat terrain on Romney Marsh; an explosive driver that can hit the ball over 500 yards, and twinning Dale Hill golf club in Flimwell with Augusta National.
“I wrote one to Rye Golf Club asking if they would let me build a timeshare development on the course and offer free golf to purchasers. However, it didn’t, as it were, make the cut, which is probably as well since I’ve sold quite a few to Rye members,” explained Clive.
“A Partridge on a Par Three” by Clive Agran is available through Amazon for £6.99
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