The Moral of the Story Is . . .

It pays to listen.

According to one of America’s funniest men*, a golfing ledgend, Sam Snead, once earned himself a two-stroke penalty in a professional event.

I would think Mr. Snead a superstar in a mind boggling but popular sport called golfing. We all know winning a professional tour event is not a child’s play. But in his lifetime, Mr. Snead had won 81 professional tournaments. And quite a few of them were majors. I do not know if there is another professional golfer who had won more tournaments than Mr. Snead did. Definitely, it would take a very patient and dedicated sportsman to reach such enviable position.

But this three-time Master winner was very impatient with his caddy when competing in one particular L.A. Open. In that tournament, his unwillingness to listen to the caddy must have cost him aplenty. Instead of hearing what his caddy had to say, Mr. Snead interrupted his obliging adviser and hit his last approaching shot to the 18th hole with someone else’s ball. - Ayee

*I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This!”, Bob Newhart, 2006