There was this basically-good man who died
and appeared before St. Peter at the Holy Gates. St. Peter checks out his books and
discovers that there is a problem. He says that there is no clear answer in the books on
where the man is supposed to go, Heaven or Hell. He suggests that the man go to Hell and
check it out, so that he may make the decision himself. If he didn't like what he saw
there, he could come back to Heaven.
Well, this man had only one true vice while
he was alive. It seems he had an uncontrollable desire to play golf at any opportunity. He
had traveled the world playing all the famous golf courses.
When the man arrived in Hell, Satan
welcomed him, but he too was surprised at the man's situation. He had assumed that since
the question about the man's ultimate destination wasn't clear, the man would go to
Heaven. The man could just see behind Satan a Most Beautiful Golf Course. It had beautiful
trees, blue ponds, water separating the fairways, everything. The man fell in love with at
at first site, and he couldn't control himself. He just had to play a round.
The devil showed him a wonderful electric
golf cart, a perfect leather bag, a matched set of clubs. Satan reached into his pocket
and presented the man with a Golden Tee. The devil then said that only members could play.
The man couldn't control himself. He just had to play there.
He goes back up to Heaven and tells St.
Peter that he has decided to stay in Hell so he could play on the Beautiful Golf Course
there. When the man returns to Hell, he approaches Satan and asks for a tee time. The
devil says that anytime at all, the man could play. No one else uses the course.
Chuckling with glee, the man approaches the
first tee. He gets out of his beautiful golf cart, reaches for his perfectly matched clubs
and selects his driver, reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out his Golden Tee, then
frantically searches everywhere for a ball.
Satan comes up and the man asks him for a
ball.
"That's the Hell of it," says
Satan with a devilish laugh.
