Say It Ain't So

Among the tragedies caused by the tsunami in Asia, a few tragedies particularly stand out. None more so than the story of professional golfer William Robbins, who was honeymooning on Phi Phi island, made famous by that great film The Beach, with his beautiful trophy bride.

True, they both escaped with relatively minor injuries, but the true tragedy was what Robbins said from his hospital bed: "There are going to be changes in our life from now on. We're going to take a lot of the bulls--- out."

Folly is truly worried that he might be referring to golf, that most brilliant and ephemeral of all sports, where dapperly dressed ladies and gentlemen spend days on end attempting to put a little ball into a little hole. O the poetry!

Please, Mr. Robbins, say it ain't so; say you ain't giving up golf. For that would be the supreme tragedy.