A man goes to his golf club to play a round of golf and finding that his regular caddie isn’t going to be working that day, he decides to hire another caddie.
The day goes along pretty well and the new caddie seems quite knowledgeable about the course.
Upon arriving at the 9th fairway, that has always been particularly tricky for this golfer, the man turns to the caddie and asks, “Which club do you think I should use for this shot?”
The caddie says, “Sir, I know this golf course very well. The best club for this fairway is the five iron”.
The golfer gets out his five iron, lines up his shot, and hits the ball.
He smacks it really hard and it veers way off to the right where his wife happens to be standing. It hits her in the head and she is killed instantly.
Months pass after his wife’s funeral and the man still can’t think about golf.
Another year passes and he gets to thinking, “I really loved playing golf. I shouldn’t let it go out of my life. It was a freak accident. The game gave me such joy, I should at least try to play once more and see how it feels”.
So, he goes back to the golf course and as luck would have it, he gets the same caddie as last time.
When they get to the 9th fairway, he turns to his caddie and says, “Which club do you think I should use?”
The caddie says, “Sir, I know this golf course very well. The best club for this fairway is the five iron”.
The man turns to the caddie and shouts, “You idiot! I played here a year ago and you told me to use the five iron and I completely missed the green!”
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