Sunday, August 15, 2004

Gloating

This is way off-topic.

It happened very much like the stories I've heard before.  On hole #4 at Randall Oaks golf course, I hooked my first shot badly to the left on a par 4 which doglegs sharply to the right.  The ball struck a fence and barely stayed in play.

I smacked my second shot hard with a 3-iron.  It went straight as an arrow, but I was sure I had used too much club.  I spent several minutes looking for the ball behind the green.  The course was crowded so I gave up, dropped a ball, and chipped on.

As I removed the flag for putting, I found my lost ball, sitting right there in the cup.  From 175 yards out, I had holed my 3-iron for an eagle 2.

I concede the shot was mostly luck.  I'm still a bad golfer.  I may be the only golfer on earth who has made an eagle but never made a birdie.

But I'm gloating anyway.