The problem with offering your opponent advice on the golf course is that if it helps then he beats you out of a couple more bucks and if it doesn't help then he can blame his lousy score on your poor suggestions.

I also am superstitious in that giving an outsider part of your good advice energy will only deplete your own magical skills a little bit more.

So I told my opponent on the back nine that according to me he was hitting the ball inconsistently because he was swaying too much front to back and should concentrate on taking a wider stance and keeping his balance.

That's when he drilled his tee shot right down the middle of the fairway and I sliced my ball badly out of bounds.

Fortunately this time around we weren't playing for money.