Golf is a game that's very easy to get addicted to. You probably know someone who is a devoted golfer, finding time to fit in 18 holes (or 9) whenever they can. But you have to be a special kind of golf addict to play when it feels like zero degrees outside. Well, some of us at KMBC are just those kinds of golf addicts.

Saturday morning, Jim Flink, Joel Nichols and I will once again play in the annual Idiot's Open golf tournament at Smiley's Golf Course in Johnson County. It's truly one of the unique sporting events in the metro. Last year, my first, we played in a snow storm. One time a few years ago, there was a foot of snow on the ground. Yes, this is for golf nuts only. But man, it's a lot of fun.

This year, there won't be a lot of snow, but it's going to be bone-chilling cold. The good news: it gives Jim, Joel and I a good excuse to play really poorly. "It's because it's so cold!", we'll exclaim. "If it was only warmer, we'd be five below par right now."

This idiocy is all for a good cause. The money raised goes to Kansas City Hospice. Check out the blog next week and I'll let you know how we did. And how many holes we actually played before calling it quits.