Charles Mann's observations about China's role in the forging of the modern world in his brilliant new book, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, are especially fascinating in light of China's embrace of golf.  A late-blooming minor component of the Columbian exchange, golf has a peculiar status in China—both condemned and celebrated.   Like much of what China has borrowed from the west, golf in the Celestial Kingdom ha... Full Story