n
n
n
nWhat’sna mulligan? A mulligan is a do-over. A second chance to get somethingnright.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nMulligan was originally a golfing term. Mulligans aren’t legal – if you badly blow angolf shot, you’re supposed to take the penalty (hitting the next shotnfrom the sand pit or high grass, for example, if your mistake landednyou there, or relocating the ball and taking a one-stroke penalty).nBut in a friendly game of golf with buddies, some people allow a fewnmulligans.
n
n
n
n
n
nThenword mulligan can be used outside of golf and even outside ofnsports. In the card games “Magic: the Gathering” or “Pokemon,”nin certain situations players can use a mulligan rule to get out ofnreally bad hands or other problems. We can call for a mulligan withnfriends and family if we make a mistake in our ordinary lives, too. n
n
n
n
n
n
nHowncan you use a do-over today?
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nBynthe way…
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nApparently,nnobody really knows how the word mulligan got started.nPresumably some guy with the last name Mulligan liked to “cheat” at golf andngot his friends to go along with it. There are several somebodiesnlinked to the origin of the word—but they can’t all be true, so Inam content to just not know!