Here's one for the golfers, Robert:
MIND OVER MATTER
Cyril was a single-figure handicap golfer who suffered the additional
handicap of a mental block at the eighth hole of his local course.
The problem was that the approach to the green necessitated a long iron
over a large lake. Cyril invariably suffered the sinking feeling of despair
on seeing that telltale splash of his ball disappearing beneath the ripples.
The agony at the eighth spoiled Cyril's round to such an extent that his
playing partner suggested a consultation with a therapist to rid him of
his phobia.
Accordingly, Cyril booked a series of sessions with a therapist who,
through hypnosis, was able to plant thoughts in his mind. In the pictured
scene, at the eighth Cyril would not see the lake ahead but instead a lush
velvet landscape stretching all the way to the green.
Weeks later a group were sitting in the clubhouse when one remarked:
'I haven't seen old Cyril lately.'
'Haven't you heard?' a fellow member enquired.
'He drowned at the eighth four weeks ago.'