[jlab-9hgl 00246] Re: golf ethics question

[Tina Menefee]

Boy, this is gonna be good, I am canceling my afternoon meetings to read 
all the up-coming responses.

On 3/13/2012 12:36 PM, miner wrote:
>
> Here is a golf ethics question for you.
>
> What if you were playing in the club championship tournament 
> finals and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes. You had the 
> honor and hit your ball a modest two hundred fifty yards to the middle 
> of the fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin. Your opponent 
> then hits his ball, lofting it deep into the woods to the right of the 
> fairway. Being the golfing gentleman that you are, you help your 
> opponent look for his ball.
>
> Just before the permitted five minute search period ends, your 
> opponent says: "Go ahead and hit your second shot and if I don't find 
> it in time, I'll concede the match."
>
> You hit your ball, landing it on the green, stopping about ten feet 
> from the pin. About the time your ball comes to rest, you hear your 
> opponent exclaim from deep in the woods: "I found it!". The second 
> sound you hear is a click, the sound of a club striking a ball and the 
> ball comes sailing out of the woods and lands on the green, stopping 
> no more than six inches from the hole.
>
> Now here is the ethical dilemma:
> Do you pull the cheating bastard's ball out of your pocket and 
> confront him with it or do you keep your mouth shut.
>
>
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