Dumbest rule in golf

Poor Padraig Harrington. In one of the world's most important golf tournaments, The Masters, he lost a stroke Friday because the wind blew his ball.

The United States Golf Association Rules of Golf are clear. If a player addresses a ball (though The Three Stooges would have you believe that means a player says "Hello, ball," it actually refers to a player's club being grounded behind the ball) and said ball moves because a gust of wind blows it, the golfer is penalized one stroke.

The rule is absurd. No player can predict when the wind will appear with such force. Just let the golfer play the ball from the new spot without penalty.

Unfortunately for Harrington, the rule is intact. And his chances of winning may be gone with the wind