Possible Clues:

• Drama after member of rowing crew shows one way to compete on course
• * Golf format not based on the number of holes won
• Early KP's to burst into this?
• Tennis skill that determines an Open champion?
• Yokel's part, reconstructing arrangement for golf tournament
• Agreed with recording 50 in wild golf scoring
• City about right latitude for common sort of golf tournament
• Royals kept wangling a way to score, of course?
• Gamble on piece of writing as one way to compete on course