NO BALLS TO PLAY WITH...

Golf can be a frustrating game, to the point of driving to insanity. Some take up drinking, and some quit the game. There was this club who had a very bad player, Brent, who decided to quit golf. But, a friend of his, Brian, told him, "Hey, I know how frustrating this game is, but I have a solution for you: go to the course without balls. That is without your Titleists, OK? Go to #1, put a tee on the ground, address it like if you were going to hit your Titleist down the fairway and make a swing. Go to the place where you would have imagined your ball landing and take another swing, walk to where the ball should be... repeat this all the way around and you'll have more fun".

Brent, though skeptical at first, decided he loved the game too much to just quit and heeded Brian's advice. In no time, Brent regained the love for the game and began "shooting" scores in the 70's and then in the 60's. This was natural for him, since he hated bad lies and the rough.

A few weeks later, Gary, a fellow member with Brent, started doing the same thing for the same reason and soon began scoring in the 60's as well.

Ernie, the club's shark, decided that they needed to have a match between Brent and Gary, and as Don King would have done, he promoted a match taking bets. His horse was Brent, the original inventor of the new game.

The match had thousands of dollars on the line and was pretty tense and close right down to the last hole. Both players were 8 under par going into the closing par 5. Brent had honors, and after his swing he said, "it's right down the middle, about 5o yards past the cart path". Gary proceeded and made a mighty swing, and turned around to Brent, "mine is right next to yours, let's see who hits a better second shot".

When they got to the spot they had envisioned, Brent promptly tried to put pressure on Gary, took his 5 wood and swung.... "Gary, that ball is only 2 feet from the pin for eagle".... Gary, seeing Ernie on the gallery smiling at Brent's shot, says, "Sorry pal. You hit the wrong ball! You lose the hole and the match!"

Moral of the story? The last one to talk has the best chance at winning!