You don’t hear much anymore about Roberto DeVincenzo. He was once a tough but far from champion Argentine golfer. Some years back he surprised everybody by winning a tournament. As usual, they gave the winner his check on the eighteenth green. Roberto flashed a smile for the cameras and walked alone to the clubhouse. In back, where his car was parked, a sad-eyed young lady walked up to him. \u201cIt’s a good day for you,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I have a baby with an incurable disease. It’s of the blood, and the doctors say she will die.\u201d The golfer paused. In slow English, he said, \u201cMay I help your little girl?\u201d The woman’s face froze. He took out a pen, endorsed his winning check and pressed it into her hand. \u201cMake some good days for the baby,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A week later, he was having lunch in a country club when a PGA official approached. \u201cSome of the boys in the parking lot told me you met a young woman after you won the tournament.\u201d DeVincenzo nodded. \u201cWell,\u201d said the official, \u201cI have bad news for you. She’s a phony. She has no sick baby. She’s not even married. She fleeced you, my friend.\u201d The golfer looked up. \u201cYou mean that there is no baby who is dying without hope?\u201d he said. The PGA official said, \u201cthat’s right.\u201d DeVincenzo grinned and said, \u201cThat’s the best news I’ve heard all week!\u201d<\/p>\n
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