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The Oddest/Worst Thing You Have Hit With a Golf Ball


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So far this year ....mainly just hitting trees .... but last year I had a shocker and hit two people and a cart and hotel... one an older lady from a long 260yard++ distance away around a dogleg ..though I killed her ..as when I came around the dogleg trees I see a foursome with one on the ground ...

they weren't happy.. but understandable knew it wasn't intentional 

I thought after 20mins waiting on the tee they would have been clear (they decided to jump on the 10th for 9 holes not once checking to see how they had jumped just in front of me ???) ,,,

the next guy was playing a parallel hole running dead opposite to the one I was teeing off on and was hidden in some trees in-between holes looking for his ball ... I hit a low hook and hit him square on the thigh .. he wasn't happy I didn't FORE!!! but with him less than 100yards away a ball coming off my club 160Mph time I looked up it was on him like heat seeking missile ....

 

then weeks later same hole same type of low hook it hit a cart and stayed inside on the floor guy though it was a right hoot...

 

a Hotel running close to one of our local holes I've hit many a time with the loudest crack of the steel roof or plaster wall ..

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On 5/23/2023 at 5:27 AM, NZ Golfer said:

So far this year ....mainly just hitting trees .... but last year I had a shocker and hit two people and a cart and hotel... one an older lady from a long 260yard++ distance away around a dogleg ..though I killed her ..as when I came around the dogleg trees I see a foursome with one on the ground ...

they weren't happy.. but understandable knew it wasn't intentional 

I thought after 20mins waiting on the tee they would have been clear (they decided to jump on the 10th for 9 holes not once checking to see how they had jumped just in front of me ???) ,,,

the next guy was playing a parallel hole running dead opposite to the one I was teeing off on and was hidden in some trees in-between holes looking for his ball ... I hit a low hook and hit him square on the thigh .. he wasn't happy I didn't FORE!!! but with him less than 100yards away a ball coming off my club 160Mph time I looked up it was on him like heat seeking missile ....

 

then weeks later same hole same type of low hook it hit a cart and stayed inside on the floor guy though it was a right hoot...

 

a Hotel running close to one of our local holes I've hit many a time with the loudest crack of the steel roof or plaster wall ..

One on the ground .... wow. That would make my heart skip a beat or two!

 

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