The history of golf in Brazil would fit on the back of a scorecard. It begins at the turn of the 20th century, when English and Scottish railway engineers convinced some Benedictine monks to set aside a parcel of land for the game on a monastery near Sao Paulo. ''What's happening here, we hope, will be like what happened in the states 60 years ago,'' said Nico Barcellos, who played a dozen years on Latin America's modest pro golf circuit and Brazil's Olympic golf team leader, as well as the head of the national federation. More...