Four intrepid golfers headed out on a raw, cold October day to play golf. The curmudgeon being one of them. We have a standing deal that we play for lunch, usually at McDonald's, unless there's a Culver's on our route. Our current handicap is subtracted from our raw score. The two highest adjusted scorers buy for the two lowest. There's also a rule that if there are any ties all scores are considered tied.
So there we were on the 18th green frostbitten, windblown and damp. All of us were looking forward to a hot meal at McDonald's. Three of us had our balls on the green. The fourth person had a difficult downhill chip to a green that slanted hard away from where he was playing. The hole wasn't going well for him. When he chipped he hit the ball too hard and it was about to roll across the green and off. I was standing near the path of the ball and stepped in front of stopping it about 10 feet from the hole.
We finished the game and went to the parking lot to tally up our scores. When the handicaps were considered the person whose ball I stopped and I had the best scores, however, we tied. That invoked the 'one tie all tie' rule. Therefore, my action in stopping the ball, saved that golfer a stroke but cost him, an me, a free lunch! Ah, yes, that good old law of unintended consequences! :)
1 comment:
But you do have the honor of having the low score! Even though tied. Didn't you know -- "there is no free lunch"
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