High school baseball coaches across the country are perplexed: Where did their best players go? Seems all the boys are on the golf course, trying their hand at a sport that has caught on overnight with the adolescent set. “I used to have to scrounge up seven guys for the squad,” marvels one high-school golf coach. “Now we’re considering adding freshmen and JV teams to meet demand.” The cause? Tiger Woods’ luck with the ladies. “That Woods dude gets the chicks, bro,” explained former varsity baseball captain R. Dent Johnson. “Playin’ golf, I’m gunna be a chick magnet.” School principals are not sure how to re-explain the Tiger Woods controversy to their students in a clearer moral light.
“Golf emerging as popular school sport,” by Randy Milandy, Iowan Golden Fields, April 1, 2010