Big One, Little One


Bob, a 24 handicapper, arrived at the first tee with his regular partners. 
He took his driver and nailed it straight down the fairway like he had never 
done before.  

His playing partners looked on in amazement, but said nothing. 

Bob approached the ball for his second shot.  He took out a short iron and 
knocked it onto the middle of the green.  He then went on to calmly two putt 
for par. 

Again, nothing was said other than "Well played Bob."

This sequence continued for the next five holes with Bob even par through six. 
The seventh was a really long, difficult par 4 of some 460 yards.  Bob, 
however, calmly drilled one down the middle, over 250 yards!  Well, by this 
time, his partners' curiosity got the better of them and they asked him how 
he had done that. 

Bob replied that he had just changed to new bi-focals and that when he looked
down at the ball, he could see a big club and a little club, a big ball and a 
little ball so he hit the little ball with the big club - easy! 

For his second shot, Bob selected an iron and floated it right into the heart
of the green.  Turning to his partners, Bob said, "See, big club, little club,
big ball, little ball - I hit the little ball with the big club - easy!" 

Bob lined up his putt. It was a real animal - a 35 footer with double break, 
over a ridge, with the hole tucked away at the back of the green.  Bob calmly 
stroked the putt and it rolled easily into the cup for a birdie! 

Stunned silence from his partners until one asked, "How can you do that on 
your handicap ?" 

Bob's response was swift, "I told you.  These new glasses are great, I saw a 
big ball and a little ball, looked up along the line and saw a big hole and a
little hole, so I hit the little ball into the big hole.  That's all - easy!" 

Now on the next hole, Bob disappeared from the group for a few moments.  On 
his return, one of his partners observed that Bob's slacks were wet. "What 
happened Bob?", he asked.

Bob relied, "I went into the bush for a quick leak and when I looked down I 
saw a big one and a little one. I knew the big one wasn't mine, so I put it 
away."