How to Ruin the Ryder Cup

By Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
"It all starts with a SMILE"

The Ryder Cup was played in Louisville, KY this weekend at a
golf course not far from my home. Although I don't know much
about the PGA and I'm only a passing fan of golf, I didn't pass
up the opportunity to watch this historic event when offered a
ticket. And it sure was fun to go see these great golfers play!

To fans of professional golf, the golfers comprising the
American and European teams at the Ryder Cup are like rock
stars. Their every swing was scrutinized passionately by the
gallery. Heck, their every movement was adored as people
jostled for position to see them up close or, perhaps, secure an
autograph.

There was electricity in the air! And it didn't hurt that it
was a beautiful, late-summer, Kentucky afternoon. It wasn't
difficult for me to find a smile at all.

At one point, however, I was reminded of humor being an
internally-based attitude rather than an externally-originating
event. On our way to the opening ceremony staging area we were
required to walk through a rather narrow passage between the
18th green and the clubhouse. Just as we approached the
passage, the US Ryder Cup team began leaving the 18th green to
enter the clubhouse.

As these rock-star golf pros walked to the clubhouse, they were
besieged with autograph requests by their adoring fans. And the
PGA security officers stopped all traffic while the US team
greeted fans and signed caps and flags. In all it took a good
forty minutes for the US team to get into the club house and
traffic to begin flowing through that narrow passage again.

By the time the traffic began to flow again, quite a crowd had
built up and was waiting. People had begun to get quite
impatient about having to wait for the US Ryder Cup team to pass
through. In fact, towards the end of the wait, a large
contingent began chanting, "Let us through, let us through...!"

It almost got ugly.

Talk about an attitude which inhibited fun. Imagine - you've
taken a day off from work, it's a picture-perfect afternoon,
you're on a gorgeous golf course, you're in the presence of PGA
royalty, and you're watching golf's greatest event. And despite
all this, you decide that having to wait thirty minutes to
accommodate these rock-star golfers is going to ruin your
afternoon!

I commented to my friend, if you didn't want to be hassled by
the security and precautions accompanying being in the company
of super stars at a world-class competitive event, why didn't
you stay home and watch it on TV? Both of us chuckled and felt
gratitude toward our decision to have an attitude of fun despite
our circumstances.

I'm certain that most, if not all, of those grumblers and
grousers beside the 18th green went on to have very enjoyable
afternoons at the Ryder Cup. But, during those moments of their
anger, they helped me immensely by reminding me, once again,
that humor is not an external event - humor is an attitude!

So whether you're a golf fan or not, I hope you decide to
maintain your attitude of fun when the elevator gets stuck, or
the grocery line is long, or the dog knocks over your garbage
again. You'll be healthier and happier for it!

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