Stevie Wonder and Jack Nicklaus are talking. Nicklaus asks
Wonder: "How is the singing career going?"
Stevie Wonder replies: "Not too bad, the latest album has gone into the top 10 so all in all I think it's pretty good. By the way, how's the golf?"
Nicklaus replies: "Not too bad, I'm not winning as much as I used to, but I'm still making a bit of money. I've had some problems with my swing but I think I've got that right now."
Stevie Wonder says: "I always find that when my swing goes wrong I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it, then the next time I play it seems to be alright."
Jack Nicklaus says: "You play golf?"
Stevie Wonder says: "Oh, yes, I've been playing for years."
And Nicklaus says: "But ... you're blind, how can you play golf if you're blind?"
Wonder replies: "I get my caddy to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him, then when I get to where the ball lands the caddy moves to the green or farther
down the fairway and again I play the ball towards his
voice."
"But how do you putt?", asks Nicklaus.
"Well", says Stevie, "I get my caddy to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball towards his voice."
Nicklaus asks: "What's your handicap?"
Stevie says "Well, I play off scratch."
Nicklaus is incredulous and he says to Stevie: "We've got to play a round sometime."
Wonder replies: "Well, people don't take me seriously so I only play for money, and actually I never play for less than $100,000 a hole."
Nicklaus thinks about it and says "OK. I'm game for that, when would you like to play?"
Stevie says "Pick any night..." |
