He knows that teaching new entrants how to behave properly in a golfing context is essential to the process of learning the game.
This week, in spite of feeling slightly hypocritical due to my own bad habits, I am responding to Eamonn's challenge 'to write something about etiquette.'
It comes as a shock to most beginners when they are handed a rulebook on their first day golfing and told to always keep it with them as if it were 'equipment'.
More unease is caused to beginners by golf's apparent 'stuffiness' and that etiquette is given such a high precedence.
Nevertheless, it's necessary because golf is a self-policing game that has to be played in a considerate manner for it to be enjoyable.
How can you 'play fair' if you don't know the rules?
The term 'etiquette' has connotations of 'snobbish rituals' that are sometimes misunderstood by non-golfers and beginners, but it is critical that novices are taught etiquette as a prerequisite to learning the game.
Etiquette, in fact, merely highlights the value of personal safety, consideration for other players, priority on the course and the care of the golf course itself.
The Open Champion Padraig Harrington has just taken the lead role in a short film promoting good etiquette.
Entitled The Etiquette of Golf, the 10-minute film is presented in three chapters: consideration for other players, pace of play and care of the course and it brings the etiquette section of the rulebook to life.
Available as a free download from The R&A website, it is being promoted by golfing bodies around the world as a teaching aid.
"Good etiquette promotes enjoyment of the game for all participants.
"I am pleased to play a small part in the education process of new golfers," says the two-time Open Champion.
"Padraig is a superb role model for good behaviour on and around the golf course," said David Rickman, R&A Director of Rules.
"This film will help new players to understand the true meaning of sportsmanship in golf. Unlike many sports, golf is for the most part played in an unconfined area without supervision. The game relies on an individual's integrity to show consideration for other players, the course and to abide by the rules. It's the true spirit of golf. Spending 10-minutes watching this film will make etiquette less daunting and easier to understand."
The first lesson is obvious, but nevertheless worth restating - be careful.
Golf equipment has the potential to be lethal if used without due care and attention.
Do not swing a club if there is anybody standing near you.
Watch out for any stones, pebbles, twigs etc that could be lying in the path of a swinging club. Other mores of behaving are not quite so obvious and novices would not know them automatically. Here is a random, incomplete list.
Always stand facing the hitter, but out of their line of sight. Don't talk and do stand still when somebody else is about to hit. Be ready to play when it is your turn. Line up your putts while others are putting. Keep up with the players ahead not just ahead of the players behind. Keep your ball in sight until it stops and you will save a lot of time. If you think you need more than one practice swing - you don't! If you think that you have to study a putt like Tiger Woods - don't do it! It only makes you look foolish.
Do not play a stroke until the players ahead are out of range. Leave your bag at the side of the green closest to the next tee. If your group is holding other golfers up, let them play through. Everyone will enjoy the game more that way.
The pace of play determines priority on the course. Players further out the course have precedence over those coming behind. A match playing a full round is entitled to pass by a match playing a shorter round.
When the playing of a hole is completed, players should immediately leave the green. If marking a card - do it on the next tee, not on the green.
Leave the course in better condition than you found it by replacing an extra divot or pitch mark or two as well as your own.
In taking practice swings, damage to the course should be avoided. Before leaving a bunker, repair and smooth over all holes and footprints made.
If you cannot find your ball within five minutes it's time to abandon it and re-load! Don't walk or stand on the line of somebody else's putt. Do not shout or make loud noises - it disturbs other golfers.
Novices cannot be expected to be experts on the rules on day one, but the right attitude to, and understanding of etiquette, will ensure that the game is played in the right spirit and everybody will have a safe and more enjoyable game.

Words of the Wise
"What should I be working on next?" Padraig Harrington asked his coach Bob Torrance only three days after retaining The Open Championship.