Jeff Warne has no problem with private clubs. He grew up in Augusta, Ga., in the shadow of the game’s most famously exclusive grounds, and he now serves as director of golf at The Bridge, one of Long Island’s most gilded enclaves.
Warne walks comfortably in lofty circles.
But talk golf with him, and a different side emerges. On his own trips, Warne is often drawn to off-the-beaten-track courses in the UK and Ireland, where members’ dues are modest and access to the tee sheet is democratic. He adores those places as much as he appreciates the fully private kind…