Why are there 18 holes in a round of golf?

Why not an even 20? Or even 15, the number of rounds heavyweight fights used to be?

The early golf courses were all over the map – five holes, seven, some 12-holers.

Then, the lads at St. Andrews got together and came up with the sanest solution.

A bottle of Scotch whiskey – say, a 12-year-old Glenlivet – holds enough for 18 shots.

One shot per hole and the bottle is empty. Why keep playing?

I think they should do the same with baseball, just make it two shot shots per inning.