So I'm standing there...

[IrishGolfer]

...and the ball was lying 3 feet above me on a steep bank, balancing precariously on a hanging lie. It was the result of a hooked approach to our par 5 7th hole during Saturday's round. After a good drive I took on the green and made good contact with a 3 wood into the breeze.

You can't go left on this hole, it is Deadsville. And yes readers, even though I had launched this one, unfortunately it started to turn left, only by about 10 yards, but heading towards Armageddon! A massive back runs up the left hand side of the fairway. Sometimes you can rely on a "friendly kick" back down onto the fairway. Unfortunately that didn't happen. The ball stayed on the bank.

And what made it even worse was that there was a hugh thicket of gorse just inches above the ball. So I couldn't get above the ball and try and swing normally. My only options were to take a penaty drop (leaving me nowhere really to drop) or to take on the shot "south paw". I fancy myself sometimes as a left hander and I had no problem flipping over an 8 iron toe-down, but the main difficulty was the ball was so far above my feet. So I was also attempting to take this on "baseball style" AND lefty. Are you still with me here?

If this were a dive it would have been a back 2½ somersault tuck with a triple twist!

So anyway, after a couple of tentative practice swings I set-up over the ball. I couldn't even ground the club for fear of the ball moving, but I gave it the old "one-two" and out she popped, sweet as a nut. The ball carried about 20 yards to the front apron and rolled out to leave me a 15ft putt, which I duely knocked in for an entirely unexpected birdie. I was easily looking at a bogey or worse.

I made it look easy and my playing partners were still scrtaching their heads as I took the honour on the 8th tee!! "WFT?!!! How on Earth...!! etc" :laugh:

Golf is a truely amazing game!! Oh, did I mention that outside that I had three penalty drops in my round mixed in with 4 birdies!! The archetypal "Curate's Egg" game of golf.

 

[Sandpiper3]

Beautiful up and down IG! I can picture it in my head, and if in fact I read it right, damn thats a tough shot, and to get it to 15ft and drain it! Great job.

 

[ualtim]

If this were a dive it would have been a back 2½ somersault tuck with a triple twist!.

Nice shot IG! Although, I was a bit disappointed. When I read the above line I was anticipating you swinging yourself off balance and rolling down the bank.:laugh:

 

[IrishGolfer]

Nice shot IG! Although, I was a bit disappointed. When I read the above line I was anticipating you swinging yourself off balance and rolling down the bank.:laugh:

If I'd lost my balance on that one, I would have tumbled down like a "bag of shit". There would have no graceful fall to Earth. And I would have looked like a tit!

My shins and toes were sore just attemping this particular balance manouvre. I was gripping the club about half way up the shaft, nowhere near the grip. It had that 3.9 difficulty factor! Just lucky it came off. I could have holed that putt with my eyes closed after that shot, it was providence!

Damn those easy shots!!

(btw I've often wondered should I sacrafice my 3 wood for a Leprechaun's left handed wedge!! :laugh

 

[Slingblade61]

Ha!

I made a similar shot earlier this year.
My ball was about 20 feet from the green tucked up TIGHT against a huge boulder. I did the same 8 iron, toe down, right handed grip and a left handed swing. Ball popped out nice and landed 5 feet from the hole.

 

[chemboy2]

Crazy good shoot, IG.

Well described too!

 

[utahgolf]

very nice shot

Nice description and shot! Its funny the feeling you can get when you pull off a shot exactly how you picture it. And then that one shot out of the 75 of em that will bring ya back!