George Bush's Secrets to Better Golf

Cheat. Lie. Intimidate. These are the true fundamentalsClarice Starling which leads Clarice to a rent a storage
of golf. If George W. Bush shoots a 7 on the par 5 9thfacility and the car of Benjamin Raspail, a former
hole and his playing partner Rex W. Tillerson the CEOpatient of Dr. Lecter. Hidden in the parked car is the
of Exxon Mobil asks the President of the Unitedsevered head in a jar of Benjamin Raspail. This was
States of America what he shot, George W. BushDr. Lecter's way of teaching his student to keep his
says "Put me down for a 5."head still on the backswing and the downswing until
George W. Bush and Rex W. Tillerson are walkingthe swinging of the arms on the follow through brings
down the 10th fairway at the Cape Arundel Golf Clubthe head up.
in Kennebunkport Maine surrounded by 10 heavilyIt's one thing to tell the average golfer to keep her
armed secret service agents. What is Rex W.head still. The fact is that a steady head is often the
Tillerson supposed to say to George Bush? "No, I'mresult of the movement of other body parts during the
sorry Mr. President you shot a 7 on the last hole, not aswing. Twenty thousand American men and women
5?" By the time Rex got the words out he would beso far have left their body parts in the sands of
gunned down into the dirt. The secret service agentsBabylon. Butch Harmon, the former coach of Tiger
have been given their orders in advance. Lets say thatWoods recently taught Phil Mickelson that the way to
Rex actually pointed out the President's error to himkeep his head still on the backswing and cure his
and lived to talk about it. President Bush would merelyoverswing was to keep his right knee firm and flexed
break into song, with the vocally trained secret serviceon the backswing instead of straightening it out.
agents as his back up singers singing "I beg yourSomehow Phil Mickelson won 30 PGA tournaments
pardon, I never promised you a rose garden."and 2 Masters at Augusta National straightening his
In 1921 renowned golf course architect Walter Travisright knee on the backswing and overswinging under
redesigned the Cape Arundel Golf Course at 19 Riverthe tutelage of his former coach Rick Smith. At least
Road, Kennebunkport, Maine, just down the road fromRick Smith didn't have Phil Mickelson hacking balls
the George Bush seaside compound. George Bush Sr.endlessly out of the rough at Oakmont in preparation
bought the beautiful home to keep up with theH. for the U.S. Open until lefty developed chronic carpal
Kennedys. Walter Travis said of the Cape Arundeltunnel syndrome and then sending him out to compete
Golf Course he designed, "A really good golf coursewith one arm.
must abound in hazards, and good courses developChristie Kerr recently won the U.S. Open golf
good players. Trees are non existent, as they shouldtournament at Pine Needles by two shots over Lorena
be, and the wind should always be an ever presentOchoa and Angela Park. After her victory on the
factor on such a course. The greens are real beautieseighteenth green Christie Kerr ran over to her new
and will delight the soul of any real golfer." Thishusband Erik Stevens, jumped up on him, wrapped her
assumes that the golfer has a soul. To make thearms around his neck, and her legs around his lower
course more challenging, Mr. Travis placed improvisedbody, and hung there in suspension until all thoughts of
explosive devices on several of the cart paths. HeHale Irwin running around the green high fiving the
was a true visionary.gallery disappeared from the collective American
It's amazing how golfers tie their entire sense of selfconsciousness. There are many ways to begin the
worth to the way they are hitting the golf ball. Robertdownswing with the lower body, most of which lead to
Trent Jones designed the Shady Oaks Golf Course indisaster. Jack Nicklaus, the Golden Bear recommends
Fort Worth Texas, another Bush family favorite.beginning the downswing by rolling the right ankle
Robert Trent Jones redesigned Augusta National in thelaterally and not allowing your head to ride forward.
late 1940's. Robert Trent Jones believed that golfThis is the secret to beginning the downswing properly,
should be a no risk, no reward sport. His golf coursesas it will drop your passive hands and arms to shoulder
encouraged daring play. Eminem wrote a song calledheight from where you can then rotate your left
"The Real Slim Shady" in which he says, "We aintforearm in a counter clockwise motion to the finish.
nothing but mammals, well some of us cannibals whoHowever, George Bush says, "When you roll your right
cut other people up like cantaloupes."ankle laterally to begin the downswing, make sure that
In "The Silence of the Lambs", serial killer Buffalo Billyour right foot remains planted and no part of it comes
kidnaps and skins Kathy Martin, the daughter of Ruthoff of the ground, otherwise you wil slide and come
Martin, the United States Senator from Tennessee.over the top, and you will shank, like I did by invading
The famed forensic psychiatrist and serial killer cannibalIraq. I'm very sorry. My fellow Americans and Jesus,
Hannibal Lecter gives a riddle to young FBI agentplease forgive me for I knew not what I was doing.