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Originally Posted by golfseeker  The Book of Golf (If you happened to lose your copy)
Chapter 13 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
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I had the steroid version of Chapter 13 last week. Our greenkeeper had it in for us.
We have a short par3 - 96meters/107yards or so - with a tricky green. The green slopes towards the front and the left side, quite a lot. However, the green has a slight hill on the right side as well as behind the green, and they slope in the same direction, giving the impression of a green that is fairly level, when in fact it is quite slanted.
Pin was on a crest on the left side of the green.
I hit a great tee-shot, 3/4 of a 9i. But dropped 2 meters to the right of the stick and stayed there.
From there, I hit a very soft putt. So soft in fact, that I was certain it would never make it to the hole and have a shot at the birdie. But it just kept rolling and rolling at a constant, very slow, speed. Missed the hole by an inch and kept going ... off the green ... down the hill ... some 10 meters.
Needless to say, I was appauled.
Used the texas wedge to get back on the dancefloor, this time about 3 feet from the hole ... past the hole ... above the hole.
Putting for bogey, I panicked and hit it fat. My putter bouncing off the grass and hardly putting the ball in motion at all.
It did roll ... veeeeery slowly ... end over end ... taking what seemed to be several seconds ... to roll off the edge of the cup, gain momentum, and continue off the green ... down the hill again.
Texas wedge from 10 meters out again to the green. This time keeping the ball below the hole.
Then a putt for a triple bogey.
Five-putting for a triple bogey.
Mental note to self: No tips for the greenkeeper - ever!