Dan Jenkins — American Author

Dan Jenkins is an American author and sportswriter who often wrote for Sports Illustrated... (wikipedia)

When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied.
Being a club pro and all, a guy trying to keep up with golf's modern technology, I hadn't found much time for Internet dating, but then one day I knew I'd met the girl of my dreams when she replied to a comment I'd made on You-and-Me.com. She said, 'I love it when you talk equipment to me.'
The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting.
Here's all I know about Dubai: It's one of those somewhere-over-there places where they make sand.
The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.