Smell the roses. Enjoy the game. Don't let it get to you. Don't let the business get to you. I sure don't buy that.
Golf can be a crazy, egomaniacal business.
And golf course design is at the apex when it comes to these qualities. So no wonder Bobby has finally realized he needs to slow down. The point is that he's going to slow down. He's been working towards this for a while, as is apparent in the CD he sent out. He writes of visiting friends on the Wild Coast in South Africa in May of 1998.