Golf is a game of patience, skill and putting up with your opponent for 18 holes. There is nothing worse than playing golf with someone who triggers one of your pet peeves or just flat out doesn't know the rules. Thankfully, the Internet has provided a solution for this nuisance.

I enjoy golfing with my friends; it's a great way to kill time especially on a nice day after class. Yet my friends have a problem; they cheat with their scores and ball placement. They don't understand the concept of "out of bounds" or the idea that kicking your ball out of one's lie is actually against the rules.

If I told them that a bogey is actually one stroke over par not under on the scorecard, I figure I would just receive a stubborn denial for a response.

Thankfully I stumbled across this Web site that helps me tell my friends about their problems anonymously, but if they read this article the anonymous part might be ruined for me.

Mulligan.cc is a Web site created to deal with those friends who take practice swings in a sand trap even when they know it's against the rules. No one wants to call out their friends, family members or business partners for breaking the rules of golf so the site, mulliganagain.com, provides us with a friendly alternative.

The Web site provides a list of about 100 examples of golf rule-breaking and annoyances. These range from never repairing divots to wearing short shorts and even reading girly magazines in the cart. The user can select up to six from the long list of annoyances then enters the rule-breaker's e-mail. The offenses are sent in an e-mail, anonymously telling the person of their mistakes.

To test the waters, I sent myself one of these correctional e-mails. It read "A friendly message from Mulligan.cc" in my inbox, and it got right to the point. The message read "Greetings from Mulligan.cc. We hope our suggestion(s) improves your appreciation of the game of golf and how it should be played." Following the message was the list of nuisances I had selected. The e-mail was blunt and to the point, yet it was not rude. It just laid down the law in the manner it should for rule-breakers.

Now when your friend talks about how he plays the Pro-Am but he actually plays the women's tees, you don't have to call him out on it, just drop him an anonymous e-mail courtesy of Mulligan.cc.

- Chris Sadler is a sophomore in finance.  Please send comments to edge@spub.ksu.edu.