"The sand trap from hell"

Will Weissert examines the possibility of golf course development in Cuba and suggests that the game's image will make things more complicated than they already are.

Cuba is "the sand trap from hell,'' said John Kavulich, senior policy analyst at the U.S. Economic Trade Council in New York.

"The conflict is imagery versus profit,'' said Kavulich, whose group advises U.S. businesses on trade with Cuba. "Concerns about the image of golfers in the worker's paradise. And, if accepted, how does Granma (the Communist Party newspaper) explain the obese U.S. golfer with poor clothing color coordination, running about in their 'Caddyshack' like golf cart, betting one [SP.] each hole?''