If the wind is in your face, you swing too hard just to get the ball through it; if the wind is at your back, you swing too hard just to see how far you can get the ball to go.

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

Bulb: potential flower buried in Autumn, never to be seen again.