SIDEWAYS GLANCE WHAT ABOUT HOW TO GET BACK INTO A TOURNAMENT WHEN TIGER'S UP BY 10 STROKES?Byline: - Tom Hoffarth --The book: ``The Worst-Case Scenario worst-case scenario n → Schlimmstfallszenario nt Survival Handbook: Golf'' --The author: By Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht and James Grace --The other essential info: Chronicle Books, $14.95, 176 pages --The review: The tri-authors of ``The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook'' series have found plenty of hazards, lateral or otherwise, involved in the sport of golf that need to be addressed, or at least considered, before one ventures out. What if, for example, you broke your arm? How would you finish the round? Or say, hypothetically hy·po·thet·i·cal also hy·po·thet·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis: a hypothetical situation. See Synonyms at theoretical. 2. a. Suppositional; uncertain. , your golf carts starts to roll away. How do you safely stop it? Then there's the ultimate: What if you're addicted ad·dict·ed adj. 1. Physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance. 2. Compulsively or habitually involved in a practice or behavior, such as gambling. to golf? Is there a safe way out? The scenarios are divided into four categories: bad lies (such as how to retrieve a ball from a gopher hole), equipment disasters (like how to putt with a driver or drive with a putter), dangerous animals (how to deal with a snake near your ball) and golfing emergencies (how to put out a cigar brush fire). The illustrations by Brenda Brown turn this book of practical information into what looks like a practical joke. So while you're learning that the best way to avoid a swarm of bees is to jump into the nearest lake, you might find it is as easy to end an argument with someone else as a set of USGA USGA United States Golf Association USGA Uhren & Schmuck Gassner (Germany) USGA US Global Nanospace Inc. (stock symbol) USGA Undergraduate Student Government Association rules. --An excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. : From ``How to survive being hit in the goolies (a Scottish term for `the privates')'': 1. Lie down immediately. 2. Apply a cold pack. 3. Do not apply too much pressure. 4. If the pain is significant and does not subside sub·side intr.v. sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing, sub·sides 1. To sink to a lower or normal level. 2. To sink or settle down, as into a sofa. 3. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment. 4. within a few minutes, inspect the injury. 5. If the pain lasts more than an hour, or the area is significantly bruised bruise v. bruised, bruis·ing, bruis·es v.tr. 1. a. To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body) without breaking the skin, as by a blow. b. , seek medical attention. --More info: The publisher's Web site (www.chroniclebooks.com) and www.worstcasescenarios.com for updates. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (book: ``The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Golf'') |
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