vandenberg
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for the golfers among you
This is a "what if" golf story --
What if you were playing in the club championship tournament finals and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes. You had the honor and hit
your ball a modest two hundred fifty yards to the middle of the fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin. Your opponent then hits his ball,
lofting it deep into the woods to the right of the fairway.
Being the golfing gentleman that you are, you help your opponent look for his ball. Just before the permitted five minute search period ends, your
opponent says: "Go ahead and hit your second shot and if I don't find it in time, I'll concede the match."
You hit your ball, landing it on the green, stopping about ten feet from the pin. About the time your ball comes to rest, you hear your opponent
exclaim from deep in the woods:
"I found it!". The second sound you hear is a click, the sound of a club striking a ball and the ball comes sailing out of the woods and lands on
the green, stopping no more than six inches from the hole.
Now the real "what if" in this story......
What if you had your opponent's ball in your pocket?
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Osprey
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The fair thing to do, given time and opportunity (3 seconds, putting your body between you and your opponent in the woods) would be to put your ball
in the cup, replace the one closer to cup with the one in your pocket. What a story you can tell when he reaches the green. "Your second shot nudged
me right into the hole."
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Might depend on "who's" ball it was... How about "Titanic Thompson's"
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/the-unsinkable-titanic-t...
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
What if you had your opponent's ball (s) in your pocket? |
I occasionally play a round with the wife...
And she does. 
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lizard lips
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It was not the "Club Championship" and one day I got hooked up with a threesome at a great course in Los Angeles. I play a pretty good game and the
other three were about the same handicap as me.
We were all pretty close to the same score and when it got down to the eighteenth hole I was tied for the lead with one of these guys who had the
loudest mouth and an attitude. He is one of those guys who has the best and most expensive clubs and a tour bag thats big enough to fit a family of
four's clothes on a ten day vacation. He always had a wet rag with him and every time he would hit he would clean his club off and do the same with
the ball. Every shot took forever to hit and when he putted he lined up his put form every angle, squatted down, held his putter up to see the
variations of the green. It took forever!
He came up to me on the tee and bet $20 that he would beat me. I accepted. I could see him smile and joke with his three friends on how he would buy
the drinks after I paid him. Now I wanted to beat him at all costs.
I was first to hit on this par 5 and it went straight and long down the fairway. I wanted to beat this guy so bad!
Jackwagon hit his ball which sliced over a bunch of tall trees and landed in the tall weeds out of bounds. I knew that he wouldn't be able to find it
even if the ball was wrapped with bacon and Lassie was on the hunt and plus I knew it was OB so I had no worries. I didn't let him see me smiling and
went my merry way to check on my ball which was in the center of the fairway about 230 yds to the green.
He and his cart mate went off to look for his ball and after a few minutes he announced that he found it and it was in bounds with a clear view to the
green. Ya right. What could I say? I don't know him and this was an outright lie. I knew I would still beat him so I didn't say a word.
He hit and had a shot about 90 yards to green for his third. I smacked my second shot which landed about 20" to the hole just off the green. His third
shot went behind the stick about 8 feet. Now I'm peeed. I lined up my chip and with all the confidence in the world hit, it went up in the air just a
little, landed and rolled into the cup for an eagle. Bonehead threw his putter about 25 yards and walked off the green. He never said nice shot or
anything and after the round he went to his car and drove away. I had a few beers with his two buddies who said that he cheats often but he is their
dentist and gives them breaks on dental treatment. We laughed like hell. Great day indeed. A little PAIN for the dentist.
Now, as far as the question at hand.... I think I would putt out while the guy was coming up to the green and put his ball in the cup. As I got mine
out I would say "look what I found" and toss it to him. Just to see his reaction and let him know both of us were not to be
trusted........................
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Martyman
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I ALLWAYS play Johnny Winter rules!
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