How this column works

Anonymous. Always. Age band and the tee they actually played — never a name, never a face.

This is not a highlight reel.

It is a caddie walking you through a real Sunday: the parking lot, the range, the card, the car ride home. U.S. Kids locals live here. The juniors stay anonymous. The tours get named. The mistakes stay in.

Sundays. One event. What it cost. What they played. What we’d do again. What we will not do next time.

If you want the map, that’s The Path and Where We Compete. If you want the Sunday, that’s here.

Do again

Tell the truth about the day. Parents can smell a brochure.

Skip next time

Names, swing tips, and pretending a 46 was a 39.

Event: The bag, every Sunday
Place: Wherever the tee sheet put us
Cost: What it cost that Sunday, in dollars, not vibes
Tee: Longleaf, a forward tee, or the one they could reach
The number: The number. Or pick-up. We write both.