my friend charlie
Charlie is by no stretch if the imagination a good golfer. The first time he played golf was in a company golf outing. One of the awards was for the worst score. When Charlies card was noticed, it was a 187. The person who was the MC thought maybe the score was in error and jokingly asked Charlie if that included whiffs. Charlie asked what is a whiff. He was told it's when you swing at the ball and miss it. Charlie asked if whiffs are supposed to count. Yes, he was told. Charlie thinks a moment

and then says, 'in that case I had a 221'.!
Charlie, even though not good at golf, enjoyed it a great deal, which was one of the reasons I enjoyed playing with him.
Charlie is very good at non athletic endevours and is no dummy. Last I heard, he was just a few points from being an American chess Grand master.
Whenever Charlie and I played, I always did whatever I could to help him, short of swinging the club for him.
This one time we where playing a fairly short course, no par fives, but very hilly. It seemed that every time Charlie would hit his shot to the green it would land at the opposite end from where the pin was.
When we came to the 17th, Charlie was down along the hillside, such that he could not see the green or the pin and he asked me if I could hold up the pin so he could see it.
Well, in thinking I could help Charlie by counter acting his tendecy to hit where the hole wasn't, I took the pin out of the hole, walked to the other end of the green and held it up. "Here it is Charlie, go for it', I yelled.
Charlie hits his ball and it heads straight for me and ends up about 4 or 5 feet from where I am standing. Charlie gives himself a high 5.
As he is walking towards the green, I tell him I have some good news and bad news. "The good news Charlie' , I say with a stiffled chuckle, "the ball is about 4 feet from the pin". "The bad news" , I say with a feigned groan, "The hole is way over there'.:dunno: :laugh:
So much for helping out a golf buddy in the hour of need. Knowing Charlie, I am sure he has forgiven me for good intentions gone awry.
I have lots of funny stories about Charlie and will be telling some more off and on. I hope that is ok and that you enjoy them.
Regard,
Kent