Golfing weather: clear, ~70 degrees. I don’t like heat, and even though I’m from the Pacific Northwest, I don’t see the point in playing when it’s raining.

Famous golf course: Merion East. It’s a nice, tidy little course that is a bear to play. The U.S. Open will be played here in 2013, and I’m going.

Golfer: Bobby Jones. Franicis Ouimet said, “I played creditable golf in the 20s, but when I played Bobby Jones he gave me two holes a side and still beat me. You have no idea how good he was!”

Favorite modern golfer: Arnold Palmer. I got his autograph in 1959 when I was nine years old, and it was just him and me, and he was just a nice man. That’s all you have to say.

Favorite current golfer: Position vacant, to be filled by the golfer who finally realizes that Tiger Woods can’t knock you down when you’re trying to hit your shot, or kick your ball, so just play your game and you’ll beat him.

Golf book: The Golf Handbook for Women, by Vivien Saunders. Check it out guys, this is the book for recreational golfers. Whatever your problem, she’s got a fix in two sentences and a drill.

Golf club: tie between my 24-degree hybrid and my sand wedge. It use them as often as I can because I know something good will happen when they’re in my hands.

TV announcer: Judy Rankin. She’s insightful, honest, courteous, easy to listen to. Not to mention, after she’s said what she has to say, she stops talking.

Golf shot: the 6-inch par putt.

My new book, The Golfing Self, is now available at www.therecreationalgolfer.com. It will change everything about the way you play.