TEPaul writes:
You can’t stop there. You need to add Bob Crosby’s next sentenceMy embroidery skills are not nearly that good.
While that probably is true in the natural world when it comes to golf and particularly its Rules that is precisely why golf needed to create its very own context for “equity”, and it’s pretty unique from most any other game I’ve ever heard of.You and I have gone back and forth on this regarding the rules. I believe the USGA has gone far from the idea of equity as preached by Tuft, and now sees there job as making the game fair. If you don't like how your ball lies, or it isn't as pristine as you like it to be, pick it up, clean it off and move it.
While in most areas of life I'm all for the idea of fairness -- I generally preach the enlightenment idea of liberalism -- in golf I hate the concept of fairness. Rather than testing the shots, I like it better if golf would spend more time testing the golfers ability to handle the unfairness in the game, both in the rules and on the playing conditions.
In the game of golf I occasionally play, it doesn't matter whose fault it is, you suffer the consequences. A cat grabs your ball and takes it away, tough luck, lose the hole and move on. End up with mud all over your ball, learn to deal with it. There is an obstruction in your way, go around or over it, or lose the hole.
It's a simple game for simple people.
Cheers,
Dan King
The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're suppose to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.
--Arnold Palmer