This archive report was first published on 27 September 2019.
On a village road with blind corners, a driver asked his aunt if her side was okay before turning right. She replied, 'Kuko sawa kabisa!' (it is very okay!). However, he was immediately rear-ended by another car.
The driver was surprised and asked his aunt why she gave him incorrect information. She explained that he had asked about her home, not the road.
Similarly, golf clubs in Kenya are experiencing miscommunication due to leadership's inability to interpret the Rules of Golf correctly. Many clubs require their officials to have a good grasp of the Rules, but some clubs have officials who have never opened a Rules of Golf book.
These officials rely on the club professional or low-handicappers for clarification, but wouldn't it be awesome if they also had a good knowledge of the Rules? The Kenya Golf Union has organized Rules education seminars around the country, but some clubs have not sent a single delegate to these seminars.
Next week, the Kenya Golf Union will host a Level Two Rules Seminar at the Karen Country Club, with an accomplished Rules official from the R&A attending. However, some clubs in Nairobi have not shown interest in sending delegates to the seminar.
Imagine a church whose priest doesn't have a good command of the Holy Bible or a mosque whose imam has never read the Quran! Can we as golfers still claim that 'kwangu kuko sawa kabisa!' if our leaders cannot tell the difference between a hole made by an animal and a termite mound in golf-speak?
