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10 signs a golfer is cheating

Once in a while, and by that I mean every time you golf, someone in your foursome starts cheating. Here are some signs to watch for.

They hit their tee shot in the trees, recovery shot in the lake, next shot in the bunker, five-putt and call out their score as “bogey for me.”

Their driver is 7 feet long.

They anchor their putter on their Adam’s apple.

They tell you a huge water hazard is locally considered a “free drop.”

They drive by their ball and hit it from the cart, polo style, all the way to the fringe.

They make up rules of the tee saying things like, “First tee shot doesn’t count during Lent!”

You notice they’ve whited out their scores on the scorecard and written all birdies and eagles.

Every time you start to putt, they jingle change in their pocket louder than the Salvation Army bell ringer at Christmas.

They have two bags and each has 47 clubs.

Just as you hit off the tee on a par three, they yell, “SIT DOWN,” and it falls short of the green in the pond.

Joe Ditzel

Joe Ditzel is a keynote speaker, humor writer, and really bad golfer. You can reach him via email at [email protected] as well as Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.