Things had been tough for Tiger Woods over the past week and so he decided to get away from it all by going for a driving vacation.  

He got in his Rolls Royce and just took off.

After a while, he was going through a small country town in the middle of nowhere and he decided to stop for a break.  He parked the Rolls Royce and wandered into a local shop.

It was a hot dry dusty day and an old tramp was shuffling along the street, head bent, old tired eyes squinting through slits of eyelids.  Scanning the pavement for old cigarette butts, coins or anything which could be of value to him.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, glinting in the sun he caught sight of the Rolls Royce.  He lifted his head and looked in admiration.  “What an absolutely magnificent motor vehicle” he sighed under his breath as he stood back and became transfixed.  He remembered all of the stories he had heard about Rolls Royce and their legendary luxury and engineering excellence.
It looked very new, it was highly polished and it shone.  As he stood there admiring the vehicle, intoxicated by the sight, he saw a lump of mud near the front wheel arch.

He thought to himself  “A Rolls Royce, the most magnificent, beautiful vehicle in the world,  I can't walk past it, I must clean off that mud”. He pulled a piece of rag out of his pocket (which normally passed for a handkerchief) and he bent over at the side of the vehicle.  Carefully he removed the mud and was just about to polish the area back to its original glory when Tiger stepped out of the shop and saw the tramp.

He yelled at the man to get away and ran over to him.
The tramp stepped back and lowered his head.  He apologised profusely,  “I'm terribly sorry”  said the tramp. “I didn't mean any harm”.  He explained how he was admiring the Rolls Royce, the best motor vehicle in the world and saw the mud and just couldn't walk past without cleaning it off.
He kept muttering “Rolls Royce, the most magnificent motor vehicle in the world”

Tiger was full of regret for misjudging the situation and he in turn apologised to the tramp for shouting at him.
He said  “You're obviously down on your luck at the moment, let me see if I can give you a little something to help you on your way”.  He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a handful of loose change.
Amongst the handful of loose change were a couple of golf tees.  The tramp had never played golf and had never seen golf tees before. He looked at the open hand and pointed at the tees. “What are those” he asked.  Tiger replied  “Well,  they are to rest your balls on when you drive off”
The tramp sighed deeply and slowly shook his head in wonderment
“Well I'll be stuffed” he said “Those Rolls Royce people think of everything don't they”

Tiger took a step back and gazed thoughtfully at his hand.  With his other hand he slowly stroked his chin.  "Mmmmmmmmmm" he sighed "I wish that I had"

There are five very important learnings in this story

1 – Don't jump to conclusions, wait until you know all of the facts
2 – Don't assume - What is very obvious to you, may not be so obvious to others
3 – Don't underestimate the power of perception
4 – If you're going to do something for free – do it for yourself

and 

5 - Be very careful where you rest your balls