B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for August 19, 2012

The art of golf in one easy lesson.

Cavemen gots golf? Hmmm. A walk spoiled, or something to that effect. I forget who says that golf is men in ugly pants, walking. Fashion-wise, these two got a ways to go yet.

Proves the old adage:

Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Then throttle your caddie.

Actually, you probably want to decrease loft to keep the ball low and out of the wind…

Look at what the caddy does with his eyes in the last four panels….

Stupid game…. Spelling it backwards decribes how I play.

The Scotch invented golf…which is perhaps why they invented scotch.

having to dump the instructions down

Golf made simple. Just make sure your hands are ahead of the club head at impact.

This is a good example of my life in text support…

By the way… golf was developed by the scotts, and it stood for: Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden

Well why didn’t you say so?

Mow the pasture…hit a little white ball as far as you can….follow it and hit it again….makes sense to some people!

FORE……..

In ancient days when a man dressed in ugly clothing and screamed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Now it’s called golf.

I believe we have a golf theme due to what used to be called the “B.C. Open” is being played this week in Endicott, NY where Hart was from. I believe it is now sponsored by the Dicks Sporting Goods chain that also originated in that local area.

Supposedly President Grant was out for a ride one day and he came upon a golf course. There he saw a particularly inept practitioner of the game flailing away and not hitting what he was flailing at. Grant turned to his aide and said: “That looks like excellent exercise. But what’s the little white ball for?”

I don’t need the math – just tell me how to do it!

Bored shepherds took their staffs and hit leather balls around in tall grass. When they paid more attention to the game than the sheep it caused losses and the game was outlawed. .Doe “BC” stand for Before Cricket? 8-)

Yep….. that describes the creation of golf perfectly. I also think that segment is one of Robin Williams’ best ever….

Classis P.G. Wodehouse definition of golf: Hit the ball with the stick until it falls into the hole. Says it all.

The golfer’s expression in the second panel really belongs in the fifth or sixth panel.

That’s a suggestion I can understand.

My ex-skipper used to call golf Barnyard Pool.

Isn’t “thingie” a great word :0)