Sure, you may think that today is just May 13th.  But, my friend, you are dead wrong.

IT'S NATIONAL GOLF DAY TODAY!

via www.dog-birthday-parties.com (Yup, that's right.)

Screw you, Mother's Day.  What a waste, Arbor Day!  It's National Golf Day.  This is the one day per year in which you can openly celebrate your affliction for the game of golf.  Go ahead, skip out on work and hit the links.  Maybe work extra hard on setting your Waggle Room Fantasy Golf team for this week.  Perhaps bust out the putter in the office and have a little contest with your co-workers.  On National Golf Day, anything is possible.

In the spirit of the holiday, golf industry officials are in Washington, DC, today to meet with lawmakers and representatives about recent slights to the game.  They'll be sharing these numbers about the impact that the game has on the national economy.

From Tony Dear in the Seattle Examiner:

28.7million golfers in the US

two million people employed in the golf industry earning a total of $61billion in wages

$3.5billion raised for charity every year by way of almost 150,000 charitable tournaments

almost 50% of all courses increasing their unmaintained areas by ten acres or more in the last ten years

$4.4million in scholarships awarded to over 2,400 students by the First Tee

Golf has a big impact on our economy and it is for the better.  Even if you don't care about the impact golf has on the economy, you probably like golf.  So, that in mind, check out this petition that is being circulated around the Interweb and put your digital John Hancock on it to show lawmakers how much us golfers love our game.  I did.