Anyone for Golf?

Posted by Bob Bolton in the RWProgressive Yahoo Group:

So I go to my local public Golf course carrying my Polo mallet and I'm told at the clubhouse that I cannot play on the course with it because it is not correct. However, I insist even knowing that I am wrong, and the clubhouse attendant is right. He states that the history of Golf shows that only Golf clubs have ever been used to play the game properly.

Now, because I consider Golf as a "hobby" and not a true serious sport as other do, I clumsily try to justify it by saying that my Polo mallet is "almost" like a Golf club and that the Golfers are being too picky, and way too serious about Golf! When some of the Golfers start bemoaning my insistance that I be allowed to play with my incorrect mallet, I remind them that to me, it is just a "hobby" and they must honor my attitude and method of playing the game. If they do not, it gives me the right to disparage their way of playing the game, though they are correct and the history of the game shows that they are.

In my mind it is just Golf the way I see it, and ignoring the history, the way I shall play it, regardless of what the Golfers say...the Golfers, tired of the debate, give in.

After finally getting to play a round of "mallet-golf", having caused great debate, consternation, and disrupting the enjoyment of those who came to play the game as it should be played, by serious enthusiasts...I go home. I travel home with the uplifting satisfaction of getting my way even though I know deep down that I was incorrect. But, in the end, it is just a hobby (to me) and I was not hurting anyone and after all, I had fun!

I think tomorrow I'll go Bowling. Hmmm...now where's my Basketball?