Tiger Woods video games prove even big boys play with dolls...

Here is an interesting thought for the day...

Little girls play dressup with their dolls; buying clothes and accessories for their favorite dolls and dressing them up for the games that little girls play.

No man alive would ever admit to playing with dolls, much less do it with their friends.

But let's take a look at Shave 5 Strokes favorite video game series: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 and 2006:

You create a character in your own likeness, or amusing variation thereof. Then as you play you get to upgrade your character's clothing and equipment. In these two EA Sports offerings there are literally hundreds of different shoes, shirts, jackets, sunglasses, watches and hats to dress your little golfer up in.

This is the adult male equivalent of dressing up your dolls!

Now I know that not everyone plays video games, and you may be reading this thinking that I have lost my mind, but it is a funny little quirk about human nature. If you put a different face on an activity, you open people's minds to it. It is all about how you sell the idea.

Happy Holidays, and keep dreaming about golf until the snow melts! And for those who can golf all year, more power to you!

Cliff Van Kempen