Alvin Greene Could Reinvent How We Treat Beginning Golfers

It's safe to say that South Carolina Democrat Alvin Greene's US Senate bid against Jim Demint is considered a laughing stock in national circles. The man who paid to get his name on the primary ballot then never campaigned - and won - is now getting a rough scrubbing of his life. Greene faces an indictment for showing pornography to a college student. He has denied the charges and continues to solider on in his campaign despite trailing by some 42 points.

Sounds like some pranksters tried to get Greene when they found his phone number on the Internet, called him, and asked him to play a round of golf at their club Myrtle Beach club. Problem is that he actually answered, and really showed up to play at Indigo Creek - despite never having played in his life.

The news account from WPDE-TV in South Carolina almost makes it seem like they're in on the joke. After all, is someone following Greene night and day to the point that they miraculously uncovered him at a private club?

Their sleuthing treats us to this video of Greene getting in some campaign golf. Sporting a campaign T-shirt and track pants, Greene says he shot 62 for his first ever nine holes. He quit after 13 - which seems to be a good number for beginners.