The Confrontation
If you read my blogpost “Butch,” you know that Butch is one of my favorite friends. He’s a good golfer and just an all-around great guy. And, unlike yours truly, he ALWAYS keeps his composure. Also important to this story: Butch is 6’2” and former military.
Last week, we were on a short par 4. After the group in front of us (a twosome – one in his 50’s, one a rather short man of about 75) got onto the green, Butch teed off. Ooops, the hole was a lot shorter than Butch thought because when he striped his tee shot, it rolled onto the green.
It was a mistake for which Butch wanted to apologize, but the 75 year-old went into a rage. SOM (Scary Old Man), started waving his arms frantically and screaming at us. Then he ran (as fast as a […]