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Sugarloaf, a happy and exuberant lady from the mountains out west, sent this one
about God and an avid golfer...

Once, there was a preacher who was an avid golfer. Every chance he could get, he
would be on the golf course swinging away. It was an obsession. One Sunday was
a picture-perfect day for golfing. The sun was out, no clouds were in the sky, and
the temperature was just right.

The preacher was in a quandary as to what to do, and shortly, the urge to play golf
overcame him. He called an assistant to tell him that he was sick and could not do
church, packed the car up, and drove 3 hours to a golf course where no one would
recognize him. Happily, he began to play the course.

An angel up above was watching the preacher and was quite perturbed. He went to
God and said, "Look at the preacher. He should be punished for what he is doing."

God nodded in agreement. The preacher teed up on the first hole. He swung at the
ball, and it sailed effortlessly through the air and landed right in the cup 250 yards
away. A picture-perfect hole-in-one! He was amazed and excited.

The angel was a little shocked. He turned to God and said, "I beg your pardon, but
I thought you were going to punish him."

God smiled. "Think about it... who can he tell?"
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