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Old 01-19-2005, 06:23 PM
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Re: Best shot ever

I've already posted my best shots, but DNA's shot reminded me of the best shot I have ever seen:

In June of 2000 I was playing in a tournament and on the 9th (our 18th), my playing partner was in the middle of the fairway 240 yards out on a par 5. He caught a terrible lie, right in an old divot. If that wasn't bad enough it must have been a 'chopper' who took the divot because it was almost at right angles to the line of play and it was DEEP. Almost half his ball was underground. We called for a ruling hoping it would be called as either GIR or extraordinary ground conditions but no such like.

He ended up taking his 3 wood, he gripped down 2 inches, put the ball opposite his left foot and played it like you would a 'fried egg' It had almost no effective loft at all.

The ball (and 2 tons of turf) took off towards the green ... it came out seriously HOT and low. It flew about 100 yards and ran all the way onto the front edge. He 2 putted for birdie and ended up making the cut by 1.

No doubt, the best shot I have ever seen. It took courage, a serious amount of imagination and one helluva lot of talent to get the ball out and keep control of it.
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