binky & me

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course played:  presidio
holes played:  1 through 9
balls lost:  3
balls found:  2
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binky bunker, the golfing clown who doesn't like the rules


golf etiquette, much like women's golf clothing, is lame.  each time i play, i get reminded of this fact.  take a look at some of the rules:

1.  don't move, talk or stand close to a player making a stroke.
2.  don't play until the group in front is out of the way.
3.  always play without delay. leave the putting green as soon as all players in your group have holed out.
4.  invite faster groups to play through.
5.  replace divots. smooth footprints in bunkers.
6.  don't step on the line of another player's putt.
7.  don't drop clubs on the putting green.


to these rules and to those who follow them (ehem, elliot), i ask the following: 

what if i am just trying to hang out and TALK to my friends who happen to be the GROUP IN FRONT of me?

what if i want to celebrate my triple bogey on the PUTTING GREEN and want to INVITE FASTER GROUPS to watch me putt (since they have caught up anyways)? 

what if i prize the occasional DIVOT because it means that my ball finally got some air?

lines are invisible and hard to read.  so, what if i accidentally STEP on your invisible/non-existent LINE because i couldn't see it?  your ball probably won't follow anyways because, like i said before, the line is invisible and hard. to. read.

and lastly, what kind of CLUB doesn't let you DROP it like it's hot?*

binky bunker putting footprints in the sand AND 'grounding' his sand wedge

after all this ranting, i do believe that the lesson that we have learned is that binky bunker and i are two golf clowns who don't like to play by the rules...  we try just our best to abide by them so people can tolerate playing with us.


*yes, i know.  this is a little bit of a stretch.  just go with it please.