“Wigs on the Green” is an archaic phrase meaning a fistfight between gentlemen. The phrase references men wearing powdered wigs. If a fight started, bystanders would know that it was serious when the wigs came off.
I see this metaphor as appropriate as I find my myself often writing about difficult issues in golf. I see much of golf culture as deeply problematic, and so much of golf’s access culture requires never offending anyone, but I think it’s worth discussing, even if it can be unpleasant.
The essays exist as an editorial page for the work I do building the golfcourse.wiki, a website dedicating to mapping and promoting smaller public and muni courses and sharing information for free. Build a course guide to every course on the planet means we can wildly increase the accessibility for everyone and increase the interest in golf. beyond some prescribed canon.
If you want to share your knowledge, add your course and start editing today.
