Some years ago, the chief executive officer of a cybersecurity firm, fresh off the biggest deal of his career, resolved to celebrate as avid golfers do: with a round at a course he’d long dreamed of playing. The name of that course was not Augusta National, which would have been an easier get.
After trying and failing to gain access through his tech-world contacts, the CEO turned to his last and best resort. His firm, the sponsor of a PGA Tour event, gave him a direct line to Ponte Vedra, where a top executive had pledged to help arrange an outing on any course he wished. In went the request, and back came the answer.
Sorry, that’s one place we can’t do.…