I'm a lousy golfer. If you get a chance to play with me, you'll understand. And while in the midst of a round you may feel inclined to have mercy on me and confidently tap my ball back to me when its too inches from the cup, don't you dare do it.
I hate the gimme. Not only does it call into question the honesty of a game based on character, but am I the only one who think it defeats the purpose? Lets look at the details. In a full game of golf, your goal is the ball to fall into 18 holes. On average, a it will take a good golfer at least four strokes to reach the objective for each hole. For me, its usually between six and ten. Anyway, starting at some points over 500 yards away, your only goal is to get the ball to fall into a four inch diameter hole. So what do so many golfers do? They get it within two inches, having come some 500 yards, and pick the ball up. At least relish the satisfaction of that simple sound. Its like leaving a baseball game in the 8th inning. You've made that far, why not stay? At least in that case there is the benefit of beating the traffic. But in golf? Knock it in the freaking hole!
If I've come that far, its going in the hole.
