Back in the early days of the game, when the first rules were written and the basics of etiquette formulated, there appeared a series of shrewd and rueful observations about golf that were nearly always attributed to a mysterious individual named Murphy. As time passed, these canny precepts found their way into the culture at large - but the roots of Murphy's Laws clearly lie in this sport that's tailor-made to expose the fundamental malevolence of the cosmos. Here they are, collected - for all lovers of the links to ponder when they're in the rough!