Summary
THE sight of Ian Poulter emerging from a bunker during the US PGA championship and getting rid of clinging sand by hitting his shoes with his sand-iron brought back memories. Not that I've ever played in the championship, but I did on one occasion hit my shoe on the golf course and paid dearly for it. This had nothing to do with bunkers or sand. The blow was delivered with a putter in a fit of pique after missing from two feet on the first green and it resulted in the toe-cap of my shoe being severely dented and my big toe taking considerable punishment. The rest of the round was something of an ordeal.
As I hopped to the next tee, I resolved never to do such a thing again and I never have. The toe, for its part, became black and blue and, in time, shed its nail. The experience left its mark and is the reason why, when I saw Poulter assaulting his footwear in the reckless way he did - he wasn't particularly happy about things just at that moment - I felt a pang of concern lest some miscalculation, made when his blood was up, should cause the Englishman to miss his shoe and crack an ankle or something of the kind.See the full content of this document
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Golf Is an Accident Waiting to Occur
These accidents can occur very easily and, certainly, at club level they do, frequently. An old "Golfer's Handbook" records an incident in which a golfer who was taking a few pra...
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