He didn’t click the badge. Instead, he clicked “View old scorecards.”

The ball flew straight, true, and landed softly on the fringe.

The next Saturday, he walked onto Cypress Meadows alone. He teed up on #1. The little screen on his hip showed the exact yardage to the front of the bunker—178. He pulled out his 5-iron. For Manny.

He clicked. A new box appeared:

Arthur smiled. Then he pulled out his phone, opened the SkyCaddie 360 app, and logged in one more time—just to mark the fairway hit.

He swung.

He tried his wife’s email. Incorrect. His old AOL address. Incorrect. The password he used for everything— Putter19! —failed three times, locking him out for 15 minutes.

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