You can certainly love something, or someone for that matter, even if certain aspects/traits of that thing/person make you want to rip your hair out - just ask my wife. . . Golf has a number of questionable and complex rules that are subject to interpretation and not clearly understood by even many of the best players in the world. I've heard many golf commentators and authorities make the case that clarifying and simplifying the rules could be an important step in growing participation in the game. I've loved golf practically since I learned to walk, but it still makes me crazy. For example, I understand the concept of "rub of the green" and, like life itself, nobody ever said the game was supposed to be fair, but how maddening is it when you do what you're supposed to do by busting a drive down the center stripe of the fairway, only to discover that you'll be playing your next shot from deep w/in the trench that some bozo ahead of you was kind enough to leave in his wake?