Welcome to the forums, Jim! Glad you found us! So how's the golf in New Zealand? I would imagine it's pretty nice over there. It's winter over there now, right? I assume you can still play, though. Well, look forward to hearing from you more in the near future!
Yep, it's winter down here, though they are relatively mild (not many days that a game is rained off), Just had two rounds today at my club.
Golf is very popular down here, not sure of the numbers but I'd say it's the second favourite sport behind Rugby. As an idea, the area I live in has 22 courses within 30 minutes travel.