18 September 2008, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: 18 February 2000
Location: California
Posts: 104,911
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Working on my golf swing and trying to remain calm
http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs....ION02/80917021
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My grandfather told me a story once that he swore was true. He said he was playing with a guy he’s played with a couple of times before, but he didn’t know well – a friend of a friend.
The guy had been cussing through the entire round and the madder he got, the poorer he played. The foursome was standing on the tee at about the 14th hole. It was a par-3 over some water when the man hit his tee-shot into the pond.
“That’s it!” the man screamed. “I hate this bleeping game. I’m never going to ruin another bleeping Saturday on a bleeping golf course again.”
And he picked up his bag, clubs and all, threw it in the pond and watched it sink to the bottom. Then the man stormed off the course. The others stood their on the tee speechless watching him walk toward the parking lot.
The others, not knowing what else to do, hit their shots and proceeded up to the green. There, as they were putting, they saw the man walking back toward them. He went right past without saying a word and walked directly into the pond.
He looked around for awhile before he reached down, almost submerging in the process, and grabbed his golf bag.
“Good, he’s come to his senses,” said his friend in the foursome. “He paid a lot of money for those clubs.”
The man then lifted the bag out of the water, unzipped the pocket on the side and removed his car keys, watch and wallet. He then fired off a few more expletives, threw the bag back to the bottom of the pond, walked out of the water, across the green where the three stunned men stood with their mouths open, got in his car and drove home.
I think it’s some sort of golfer’s urban legend (a suburban legend), but my grandfather swears he was there. He said, as far as he knows, the man never played another round.
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