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Originally Posted by jim_0068
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....second hole of the year and trying to actually hit off grass again and just be on the course. Pushed my 3 wood right off into some trees and into this really soggy stuff that isn't even playable. There was casual water everywhere. So i decided to hit a thin worm burner which usually results in a 5-6 feet high shot that cuts.
Sure enough thats what it did except it took one hop about 2 feet from the flag and hit the pole so hard i knocked it over LOL. But the ball deflectoed into the greenside junk. I did save par though!
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Jim,
The season's not even begun, and already you have a
Pole-ie. Congratulations!
But don't be dismayed about your unfortunate 'kick' off the Flag into the gunch. Listen to this
Ken Venturi story...
"In the early 1950s, Byron Nelson came out of semiretirement to play in the
Masters at Austusta, Georgia. He was having a pretty good run until he came to the par-3 sixteenth hole, the one with the water in front of the green. Here he hit a 4-iron tee shot that struck the pin on the first bounce. The ball caromed back into the water. "
"He hit his next shot from the drop area, and again it the pin on the first bounce , the ball once again rebounding into the pond. He made a 7 on the hole, which ruined any chance he might have had for a high finish. In other words, the man just hit the ball too pure, too straight for his own good...at least on that one occasion."
Quoting Jack Nicklaus:
"Who said
The Game is supposed to be fair?"
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