The story begins with our
WGT golfer Tom Charter at his girlfriend Jenny’s parent’s
house.
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Tom meets the Dad.
“So Tom, how long have
you known Jenny?”
“Ever since I was a Tour
Pro” replied Tom.
“Excuse me?”
“About 14 months.”
“Okay, got any hobbies?”
“I bowl and play golf”
“I play golf too, do you play a lot?”
“Yes sir, I play golf
with guys from all over the world. Australia, New Zealand, England. Also play
regularly against a couple of old guys, one from Idaho and the other is from
Hawaii. I take it easy on them to make them feel better.”
“You must be good.”
“I am a Legend sir.”
“I take it this must
cost a lot of money flying all over the world to play golf?”
“Oh no, not so bad, we
play on the computer, it is virtual golf.”
“You mean like a video
game.”
“Not really sir, we are
on line, talk to each other while we play, buy clubs, balls and snazzy
outfits.”
“That kind of sounds
like a video game to me. What kind of snazzy outfits.”
“Well I am famous for my
pink shirt.”
Jenny’s father just
pauses and takes this in, he is thinking is this some kind of sissy boy?
Tom realizes the
uncomfortable moment so he continues, “The guy in Idaho wears kitchen towel
pants. He wore pink for a bit but just couldn’t handle the pressure. The old
guy in Hawaii wears a grass skirt while he plays, a real grass skirt.”
“Couldn’t he just get a
kilt avatar and pretend?”
“He is not manly enough
for a kilt, that takes some large balls and his don’t work anymore.”
“So you are really into
this thing, anything you want for Christmas that you just don’t have?”
“Yes sir, I would love a
virtual bag.”
“What is a virtual bag?”
“While you play your
shot it sits there and looks cool.”
“So it’s kind of like
the monkey with the organ grinder?”
“No not really, the
monkey serves a purpose, the bag just sits there.”
At this moment Jenny’s
Dad leans toward her and whispers, “How well do you know this guy?”
“I don’t know him at all
Dad, you will never see him again.”