How to make being stuck in the airport fun

Republic in Concourse D, is a bar at the Minneapolis St Paul International Airport in Bloomington, Minnesota. — Photos: CARLOS GONZALEZ/TNS

I set the ball on the tee and straightened into my stance, ready to attack the next hole. “I like your setup,” my PGA instructor, Ryan Rindels, broke in. “But if you can get that left arm straighter, wider, you’re going to have more power.”

I adjusted and swung, eyeing the flag on the distant lush green. A few hundred yards away, a rock cliff waterfall crashed beneath sunny skies. I could almost feel the mist settling into the tropical atmosphere.