My counterpart at Incisive in London, James Hanbury, recently posted a note on his blog about keeping a positive attitude in the face of challenging times. I loved the example he used.

"I was reminded of a letter I saw recently in a golf club on the outskirts of London, which seemed to embody the spirit of dogged determination. The advice had been written at the time of the Blitz, to members of the club who were not going to let unexpected difficulties interrupt their daily routine!"

Richmond Golf Club
Temporary Rules 1940

1. Players are asked to collect bomb and shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the mowing machines.

2. In competitions, during gunfire or while bombs are falling, players may take cover without penalty for ceasing play.

3. The positions of known delayed action bombs are marked by red flags at a reasonably, but not guaranteed, safe distance therefrom.

4. Shrapnel and / or bomb splinters on the fairways, or in Bunkers within a club’s length of a ball, may be moved without penalty, and no penalty shall be incurred if a ball is thereby caused to move accidentally.

5. A ball moved by enemy action maybe replaced, or if lost or destroyed, a ball may be dropped not nearer the hole without penalty.

6. A ball lying in a crater may be lifted and dropped not nearer the hole, preserving the line to the hole, without penalty.

7. A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty one stroke.