Who Thinks Up These Things ??

There is a little brochure that comes out each season listing various courses and outdoor ventures for those in this area . The previous offerings had included environmental jaunts to remote areas to observe the rare and endangered whatevers (hiking boots , long pants and bug spray required ...hmmm) , lessons in various sport activities for one and all , etc. . Somehow this issue harbored something quite...um...different . There , lurking in the golf section ( normally staid and predictable ), was something...dare I say...odd and quirky ! It bespeaks the planners' long hours confined to quarters...snowed in for days at a time...stark staring cabin fever ! The copy reads in part :
"Bring your sense of adventure , night vision and your sense of humor ! This sport is fun in the dark . You will hit a glow-in-the-dark golf ball around nine moonlit fairways . This event guarantees to be challenging and fun , This program is always a favorite . All golfers must bring a flashlight . Don't be left in the dark ! "
This early summer "Night Golf Tournament " requires a fee that includes "one glow ball and all "nite lite" equipment on the course ".Sigh... Conspicuous by its absence is the disclaimer
about bodily injury ( whether self-inflicted or provided by others ) , the dangers of locating errant golf balls in the rough , where the primary vegetation is our state flower (poison ivy ) and inhabited by our state bird ( the mosquito ) . Perhaps if only one party of four were to undertake such shennigans ? Unfortunately , droves of wild folks will show up to partake in an event they
probably tried on a dare as teens in the 1950's after a boozy party and ended up trying to explain to the local gendarmes and enraged country club parents . Hope springs eternal , I suppose .