An amateur golfer was always cheating, never playing a straight game, until finally the pro walked up to him and said, “We’re going to play a round and I’m going to show you how to play this game. There will be absolutely no cheating.” The man looked disappointed but agreed. On the first tee, the pro decided to let the man go first so that he could keep an eye on him. The amateur sliced the ball, sending it through a couple of trees and bouncing it several times, when it finally came to a stop on the cart path. He reached down to move it off the path. The pro saw this and said, “Hey, wait a minute. You’ve got to play that ball where it stopped. Haven’t you ever heard the phrase ‘play it where it lays’?” “But I can’t hit the ball on the cart path.” “Well, you have to,” said the pro, “it’s in the rule book.” The amateur thought for a minute, grabbed a club, and started his back swing. He scraped the club head across the pavement, sent sparks everywhere, and hit a beautiful shot that landed on the green two feet from the hole. The pro said, “Wow! That was a beautiful shot. What did you use?” The amateur replied, “Your four iron.”
