I recently re-established my golf handicap this season.  The process has always been a flaky one for me.  Nevertheless, a handful of scores later, I acquired a number that is supposed to be the average amount I shoot over par in a given 18-hole round.  As I logged into my state golf association website, I was able to view all the rules and by-laws regarding the establishment of said handicap.  In big letters read, “A SCORE IS NOT ELGIBLE IF THE PLAYER PLAYS WITH NON-REGULATION CLUBS OR BALLS.”  That’s the warning that gets the top billing?  THAT’s what the association is worried about?  That I might pull a Rodney Dangerfield from Caddyshack and nail a 30-footer for birdie using an Albert Einstein-designed putter?  (…more…)