Particularly back in the days when golf courses were few and far between, "Golfers were either shining general-class military officers, or the few members of the business community with golf club passes," offers Chien Lung-Kuo, who Golf Course. Certainly, given its history in Taiwan, golf's "lofty and rich" moniker is somewhat warranted.
尤其在高爾夫球場還寥寥可數的年代，「打球的人要嘛就是『星光閃閃』的將領階級，要嘛就是少數擁有球證的企業界人士」，曾經營林口長庚球場十七年的簡龍國說，「高而富」之說其來有自。