If You Don't Laugh, You'll Cry

Filed in archive Golf Wanderings on February 6, 2007

What is the key to a good golf swing? I mean, the most important fundamental?

If you're thinking "grip" or "takeaway" or "stance" or anything like that, I respectfully suggest you are wrong!

The key to a good golf swing is a sense of humor. After all, when your tee shot goes straight into the pond you had been telling yourself 15 seconds previously to avoid, a sense of humor can allow you to laugh it off ( I should practice what I preach...).

Even if you've just lost a $9 Nike One Platinum.

So, it is with that sense of humor in mind that, today, I take a break from "hard news" and re-print a joke I received via email.

I want to thank my golfing buddy, Kevin Cheu at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for this one.

It goes like this:

"Hi Guys,
Some of you have asked what the heck I've been doing regarding my next book .Well, you might be surprised to know that I have been very busy over the past two years putting my thoughts and ideas together in a book about Golf.

I am very proud of the results and in order to market the publication, I am asking friends and family to be the first to own a copy.

Here is the Table of Contents from my new book, "Winning Golf Strategies", which I believe gives the reader valuable playing tips and insider information that I have gained through my own years of experience in the game and observations of golfing partners.

I look forward to your feedback.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt
Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Nike from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance off the Shank
Chapter 5 - When to Give the Marshall the Finger
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9:00 a.m.
Chapter 9 - How to Urinate Behind a 4" x 4" Post Undetected.
Chapter 10 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round
Chapter 11 - How to Find The Ball that Everyone Else Saw Go In The
Water
Chapter 12 - Why Your Spouse Doesn't Care that You Birdied the 5th.
Chapter 13 - How to Let a Foursome Play Through Your Twosome
Chapter 14 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three Off the Tee
Chapter 15 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent
While you're Down Three
Chapter 16 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
Chapter 17 - When to Regrip Your Ball Retriever
Chapter 18 - Use a Strong Grip on the Hand Wedge and a Weak Slip on the
Foot Wedge.
Chapter 19 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer From The Cart Girl
And give her a $3 Tip, but Will Balk at $3.50 at the 19th Hole and Stiff
The Bartender......

Chapter 20- What to look for in a good caddie - Big Pockets for Extra
Balls and a Poor Memory: "Did I have a four or eight?