Another reminder of this came with the magnificent performances of Richard Green and David McKenzie last week, both playing their way onto one of the toughest Tours in the world at one of the toughest Q-Schools in the game.

Both earned status for the 2023 PGA Tour Champions by finishing top-five of 78 players in the final stage of the Q-School, Green’s performance particularly eye opening.

The 51-year-old was 39-under-par for the eight rounds required to earn his status, 21-under at the first qualifying stage and 18-under in the final, which he won by four shots.

There are few – if any – professional sports where a 30-year veteran could continue to perform at such a high level, yet in golf, it’s considered quite normal.

Hale Irwin won 45 times on what was then the Senior Tour after joining in the mid 1990’s and Bernhard Langer is just one victory behind him since joining the over 50s in 2007.

"Golf is one of the few competitive and recreation options that can be targeted at those not only beyond 50 but even more advanced years. And it’s a fact the game should make more of." - Rod Morri.

Sure, the courses aren’t as tough as the regular Tour but don’t kid yourself they are easy, either. Keep in mind Bernhard Langer made the cut at Augusta two years ago … at the age of 64.

57-year-old Peter Senior winning the Australian Masters in 2015 against a field of ‘flat bellies’ that included Adam Scott remains one of the more remarkable feats of our time, particularly since Senior had previously won both the Australian Open and Australian PGA post his 50th birthday.

But as impressive as those feats are from some of the game’s best, they are much less important than the reality that for most of us, golf is a game we will still be playing long after other sports cease to be an option.

In fact, it is one of the selling points of the game which should be front and centre whenever the topic of public golf comes up.

Governments at all levels and of all persuasions have a responsibility to communities to encourage and facilitate activity but so often when it comes to sport the focus is only on the young.

In golf, most will know or have come across at least one octogenarian in their time and that’s something that can’t be said of almost any other sport.

Golf is one of the few competitive and recreation options that can be targeted at those not only beyond 50 but even more advanced years.

And it’s a fact the game should make more of.