A Different Kind of Golf Handicap

An avid golfer found himself in Africa with plenty of time to play. When he asked at his hotel for the nearest golf course, he was put into a cab. After a two-hour ride deep into the jungle he arrived at a course.

As he checked in to play, renting clubs and buying balls, he asked for a caddie since he'd never played the course before. The caddie showed up a bag of clubs over one sholder and rifle over the other.

Taken aback at the rifle, the golfer composed himself and hit a good drive down the first fairway, a tough par four. As he walked to his ball, a tiger sprang from the rough.

Without missing a beat, the caddie dropped the bag, aimed his rifle, and shot the animal dead.

Again, the golfer had to compose himself. But he quickly recovered, hit a good approach, and parred the hole.

On the second hole, a long par five, a lion bolted from the jungle. The caddie dropped the charging animal with a single shot from his rifle.

By now the golfer was ready for anything.

On the par three third hole, surrounded by water, he good short iron which landed near the cup. As he walked onto the green, a crocodile crawled up from the water.

Unfazed, the golfer looked to his caddie for help. But the caddie stood motionless. The crocodile moved closer, and the golfer, getting upset, again looked at his caddie. The caddie didn't move.

With the crocodile just inches away the golfer screamed, "Aren't you going to do something?"

The caddie, looking at the scorecard, said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you don't get a shot on this hole."