FORE!! The Lacuna of Errant Lawyers

Peter Applebome of The New York Times reports that golf spawns more litigation than any other sport, with the possible exception of baseball.  It's irksome and ironic. The rules of golf are exquisitely though exasperatingly precise, and thus generally misunderstood by those who play it, and yet the integrity of the game rests on the peculiar notion that a player honors it when he calls himself out for failing to follow them.  The rules of court are stodgily written but infinitely clear, yet it oftentimes seems that "honor" in that game resides in reflexively calling out one's opponent for failing to follow them before he accusatorially charges you.  And so, an observer asks, where are the officials?

What's In a Name?

Pinspot.  n.  1.  a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.  2.  the beam of light so produced.  Pin-spot.  v.t.  to illuminate with a pinspot.