Man Math 101: Your Golf Score

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I’m hitting the links this weekend for the first time this season and was reminded of an inquiry I received earlier this winter.  Seems like the perfect time to use Man Math to answer this age old question…

Q:  Dear Founding Father-

How can Man Math account for a Mans true golf score?

A:  This is actually a lot more simple than it may seem.  First, you need count the number of cheating characteristics a golfer has.  In any given round count up the number of times you can say “yes” if the golfer in question:

  • is competitive
  • is golfing for money
  • is playing in a scramble
  • is playing against co-workers
  • curses
  • is drinking on the course
  • has a driver that costs over $300 yet can only hit fairways 25% of the time
  • kicks the ball
  • ever says, “go ahead guys, i’ll catch up”
  • is playing with college buddies
  • is playing with a woman
  • is in the vicinity of a woman
  • sees a woman at the turn
  • talks on his cell phone
  • tells you he’s usually not this bad
  • tells you he’s having an off day
  • fails to hit his drive past the ladies tee
  • insists on “keeping score”
  • wears jeans on the course
  • brings a beer onto the green with him
  • says “that’s good” to any put greater than 1 foot
  • fluffs the ball

Add 1 stroke for every cheating characteristic the golfer has and you have his real score.

My best round?  I once shot an 81 just a few days after getting a new Taylor Made driver playing with a couple college buddies I used to play football with at an open bar scramble that had scantily clad cheerleaders on the money holes and at the turn.

Be A Man.

-The Founding Father

 

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