Possible Clues:

• That's in the number that I greet
• Having missed starter, gourmand gobbles sheep - one or two, perhaps
• e.g. E there? In short, no.
• A whole season out west for example in this
• You may get it to the green in a number of ways
• One, for example, in place underground
• One is one
• A whole number greeting confused? Not good
• Two or three
• No, in short, to make it green