Super Embarrassing Range Moment

[Stretch]

Originally Posted by kbsmith

Luckily drivers float - my friend decided to hop in the lake for me and retrieve my club.

Either you're a good-looking woman, or you always buy the drinks after the round.

[jcm011]

This didn't happen to me but I was there and it's just too funny. A friend and I were playing at Waterwood (a very nice Pete Dye course that is closed to the public) and we were on a long par four that had a pond wrapping around from the left side all the way to the right. I don't remember how many strokes it took but my friend ended up 10 yards from the water on the left and used his sandwedge to (attempt to) get on the green. The ball rolled off the green but was chippable/puttable so my friend casually flips the wedge back to his bag. He ended up "throwing" the club about 30 yards into the pond, the club head lodged into the mud so all you could see was the grip sticking out of the water. He rolled up his pants, took off his shoes, and went in after it. Lucky for him I was the only one present. (I think he carded a 10 on the hole btw lol)

Edit: Also, I've hit such bad shots at the range (we don't have stalls) that I've come close to killing people both to the left and right of me. Also hit my sister in the chest when we were younger. I'm dangerous.

ALSO: I have hit myself in the knee. With the ball.

[brO v1X 1856]

Earlier in the afternoon I decided to hit the range. I'm in Texas so the heat is bad and there is no way to get around sweating. Toward the end of my range session my hands were sweating quite a lot and I lost control of my club and it ended up about 20 yards out in the range. I had to get everyone to stop hitting so i could retrieve my club... Note to self: dry hands constantly.

[jcm011]

I'm an hour away from Houston. Super sweaty hands are a very common here. My glove is nasty. lol

[acetoolguy]

I assume hitting balls in my back yard counts....anyway, I have miles of woods in back and I hit found balls out there. The woods are pretty dense but I'm mostly working on my swing anyway. Couple weeks ago I was hitting out there and somewhere, out of sight, I heard the ball nail a tree dead on. I thought I heard the ball through the leaves coming back in my direction but never saw it. So I hit a few more...then my neighbor comes over. He has a plate with a hamburger role and a beer. I think, nice guy. He tells me he thought i would enjoy the sandwich. In the roll, with perfect grill marks on it, was my ball. It landed on his grill while he was cooking. I think I'll stick to chipping in my yard.