Australian golfers beware: If you are ever on the Moonah Links course, there's apparently one "hole" that will increase your handicap if you play it wrong.
This sad fact was discovered by pro golfer Robert Allenby, the Australian Open leader, when he took a break yesterday during the third round of the national golf championship to use the on-course toilet. Instead of finding the blessed relief he sought (reports do not indicate whether it was for #1 or #2), Allenby encountered a veritable Port-o-John from Heck. The alleged "comfort" station, instead of being the source of his bowel and bladder's salvation, became the brutal attacker of his most important finger -- the one that Allenby employs both to stabilize his grip and to flip the bird to rude golf-cart drivers.
While the stalwart Allenby claimed that his "hand would have to drop off for me not to play," he may end up having to forfeit this championship. Thus are the hazards of sport -- and the bathroom.
