Bites, stings, ticks and horseflies — the rough has more residents than you think. A first-hand account and a practical guide to staying safe on the course. On one of those unexpectedly warm mid-March days that makes you feel like the season has finally arrived, I played the Valley Course at Greetham Valley — the shorter par-68 layout, with six par 3s that kept me honest with my irons and, as it turned out, well acquainted with the rough. What I didn’t expect was to come home
