bool add_player (char * player, int score)
{  ofstream file ("golf.dat", ios::app);
    if (! file.is_open()) 
    {  cout << "failed to open golf.dat" << endl;
        return false;
    ]
    file << endl;
    file << "player name: " << player << endl;
    file << "player score: " << score << endl;
    cout << "Successfully added player!" << endl;
    file.close();
    return true;
}

bool display_players ()
{   ifstream readFile;
    string golfScore;
    readFile.open("golf.dat");
    if (! readFile.isOpen())
    {  cout << "Couldn't open golf.dat" << endl;
        return false;
    }
    cout << "Here are the records from the golf.dat file:" << endl;
    while (readFile >> golfScore) 
    {    cout << golfScore << endl;
    }  
    readFile.close();
    return true;
}