Deadly puff adders have been known to sunbathe in the warm golf cups, so look before your reach, and if that is still too boring for you, elephants have been known to charge!
After last year's celebrations marking 40 years of independence, followed by December's successful staging of the Golf World Cup, Barbados is today busy putting the finishing touches to the biggest event since independence itself: the Cricket World Cup.
As the 125th and last player to sneak into the FedEx Cup, golf's monthlong playoffs system, Crane is golf's Mr. Irrelevant, barely off the bubble for inclusion.
He is scheduled to kick off the Mayor's Cup golf tournament, a benefit for the City Parks Foundation, at the La Tourette golf course in Staten Island.
The Celtic Manor has already hosted golf's Ryder Cup, and Cardiff has welcomed a European summit and FA Cup finals, but this is a different league.
His next book, "The Ryder Cup: Golf's Grandest Event," will be released early next year.
Golf's Ryder Cup will be played in Caerleon in 2010.
Such evictions were visible to a level not seen before in tournament or Ryder Cup golf.
And the Ryder Cup golf team – even if they have to support Europe!
With a third format in three years, golf's FedEx Cup playoffs remain a work in progress.
— The Ryder Cup, golf's biggest magnifying glass, has long exposed the cracks between its participants, the captains in particular.
