"The secret to good golf is a good lie." That's why I had to give it up: I didn't lie good enough.
For a minute there, I thought you wrote..."The secret to good golf is a good pie."
Thus my confusion...The only good pies you get on a public golf course here in Australia are magpies. Although at this time of the year you wouldn't call them "Good". Late Winter/Early Spring is the start of their swooping season. Thus many golfers are used to ducking for cover from the wayward birds, not just from the wayward slices and hooks of other players. As for pies of an edible sort, the usual fare offered by the on-course cafes, the famous Australian "Four-n-Twenty Pie", is usually served luke warm on the outside and cold on the inside. Nothing worse than biting into a camouflaged cold pie on a winter's day when you are starving after a round of 18 holes. It's like drinking a glass of French champagne without the bubbles.
Anyway, sorry about this rambling diversion away from the subject. Next time I will read all of the posts properly.