Why do you see guys take practice golf swings when they get bored? I know, I know it’s a “mental” game, but aren’t they all? I never see guys practicing pickoff moves or their five-step drop or boxing out for a rebound. I have never seen a dude come into a store and knock down a young sales clerk because she was trying to crash the boards. But when he takes his practice swing are we all supposed to hush and clap politely when he completes his follow through swinging his imaginary club at his imaginary ball placed on his imaginary tee with it then flying down his imaginary par 5 towards an imaginary green? I’m imagining it hit an imaginary tree and landed in the imaginary bunker where he going to score a very real triple bogey. Fundamentals of the game should be practiced while doing the game not while your significant other is trying on clothes. Something tells me all amatuer golfers are just waiting for his or her inner professional to be released. I doubt if I stood around in Target taking practice free kicks I will somehow make it to the MLS. So, uh, Tiger take a seat – she’ll be done in a minute.

– Ethan