Golf is the metaphor for business in Jim O's piece
Please indulge me while I tell you of my proudest moment on the golf course. I promise not to bore with bragging of great shots or a low round. Quite the contrary, it concerns a lousy shot that may have cost me a tournament match.
My drive sliced right and headed perilously close to a wooded area marked by white out-of-bounds stakes—an all-too-familiar occurrence with my game. So, I hit a provisional ball that ended up where it belonged, in the fairway—except it would represent my third shot. My opponent and two other playing partners all hit their drives to the left, so I trudged alone toward the woods to locate my first ball.