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." George W. Bush andhead still on the backswing and the downswing until
Rex W. Tillerson are walking down the 10th fairway atthe swinging of the arms on the follow through brings
the Cape Arundel Golf Club in Kennebunkport Mainethe head up. It's one thing to tell the average golfer to
surrounded by 10 heavily armed secret service agents.keep her head still. The fact is that a steady head is
What is Rex W. Tillerson supposed to say to Georgeoften the result of the movement of other body parts
Bush? "No, I'm sorry Mr. President you shot a 7 on theduring the swing. Twenty thousand American men and
last hole, not a 5?" By the time Rex got the words outwomen so far have left their body parts in the sands
he would be gunned down into the dirt. The secretof Babylon. Butch Harmon, the former coach of Tiger
service agents have been given their orders inWoods recently taught Phil Mickelson that the way to
advance. Lets say that Rex actually pointed out thekeep his head still on the backswing and cure his
President's error to him and lived to talk about it.overswing was to keep his right knee firm and flexed
President Bush would merely break into song, with theon the backswing instead of straightening it out.
vocally trained secret service agents as his back upSomehow Phil Mickelson won 30 PGA tournaments
singers singing "I beg your pardon, I never promisedand 2 Masters at Augusta National straightening his
you a rose garden." In 1921 renowned golf courseright knee on the backswing and overswinging under
architect Walter Travis redesigned the Cape Arundelthe tutelage of his former coach Rick Smith. At least
Golf Course at 19 River Road, Kennebunkport, Maine,Rick Smith didn't have Phil Mickelson hacking balls
just down the road from the George Bush seasideendlessly out of the rough at Oakmont in preparation
compound. George Bush Sr. bought the beautiful homeH. for the U.S. Open until lefty developed chronic carpal
to keep up with the Kennedys. Walter Travis said oftunnel syndrome and then sending him out to compete
the Cape Arundel Golf Course he designed, "A reallywith one arm. Christie Kerr recently won the U.S. Open
good golf course must abound in hazards, and goodgolf tournament at Pine Needles by two shots over
courses develop good players. Trees are non existent,Lorena Ochoa and Angela Park. After her victory on
as they should be, and the wind should always be anthe eighteenth green Christie Kerr ran over to her new
ever present factor on such a course. The greens arehusband Erik Stevens, jumped up on him, wrapped her
real beauties and will delight the soul of any real golfer."arms around his neck, and her legs around his lower
This assumes that the golfer has a soul. To make thebody, and hung there in suspension until all thoughts of
course more challenging, Mr. Travis placed improvisedHale Irwin running around the green high fiving the
explosive devices on several of the cart paths. Hegallery disappeared from the collective American
was a true visionary. It's amazing how golfers tie theirconsciousness. There are many ways to begin the
entire sense of self worth to the way they are hittingdownswing with the lower body, most of which lead to
the golf ball. Robert Trent Jones designed the Shadydisaster. Jack Nicklaus, the Golden Bear recommends
Oaks Golf Course in Fort Worth Texas, another Bushbeginning the downswing by rolling the right ankle
family favorite. Robert Trent Jones redesignedlaterally and not allowing your head to ride forward.
Augusta National in the late 1940's. Robert Trent JonesThis is the secret to beginning the downswing properly,
believed that golf should be a no risk, no reward sport.as it will drop your passive hands and arms to shoulder
His golf courses encouraged daring play. Eminemheight from where you can then rotate your left
wrote a song called "The Real Slim Shady" in which heforearm in a counter clockwise motion to the finish.
says, "We aint nothing but mammals, well some of usHowever, George Bush says, "When you roll your right
cannibals who cut other people up like cantaloupes." Inankle laterally to begin the downswing, make sure that
"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.