Single Digits

After one horrific round after another, Banes did what any other green-blooded golf junky would do: he proclaimed he'd attain a single digit handicap. Now for Chester, this was about as likely as Michelle Wie winning The Masters. But Banes knew better. So what if he had a 19 handicap trending toward 21? He'd just have to shave 10 or so strokes off his game and he was golden.

"All I need is the right game improvement tool," Chet said to himself, as if anyone else would listen.

So he became a student of the gadget. He'd sit for hours on end in his tartan plaid pants and Golfoholics Extra Dry Martini shirt watching the Golf Channel during their paid programming hours.

But it didn't take more than a few minutes before he was ordering the Medicus, the Dual-Hinge™ driver endorsed by none other than Mark O'Meara and billed as the #1 Swing Trainer. And only $39!

"Hey, what have I got to lose but a few strokes off my handicap?" Banes said to the woman with the subtle Indian accent on the other end of the line.

"2 additional payments of $39," she replied. "But it's worth almost twice that. And what it will do for your game is, well, priceless."

With that, Chester removed the MasterCard from his wallet and read off the number.

(to be continued)