posted 02-05-2006 09:35 AM         

that his wife Mary was about to tee off from the red tees, directly in his path.

Unable to stop his down swing he nailed the ball, hit Mary directly in the right

temple killing her instantly.

A few days later Joe received a call from the coroner concerning her autopsy.

"Joe, your wife seems to have died from blunt force trauma to the head.

You said you hit a golf ball and struck her in the temple, Is that correct?"

"Yes sir," Joe replied, "that's correct."

"Well, Joe, I also found a large bruise on Mary's right hip.

Do you know anything about that?" "Yes sir," Joe said,

"That would have been my mulligan."

Coroner, “it appears she has been dead for about 3 hours, can you explain that?”

Joe, “yes, sir this happened on the second tee and then you add in a couple of drinks with the guys at the clubhouse after the round..”

Coroner, “do you know why nobody else reported her laying there?”

Joe, “We moved her off the tee box.”

Coroner, “weren’t you afraid somebody would bother her laying there?”

Joe, “No, she was out of bounds.”