What's your "Cruel Luck" story?

[GolfTheMoon]

Dustin Johnson had just about the worst luck ever with this shot. The announcer even described it perfectly in one word: "Cruel."

Have you guys ever had any "cruel" levels of bad luck?

[DaveP043]

I did exactly the same thing a few years ago, a wedge off the flagstick and back into the water.  In another post I recently described a "perfect" high pitch that went straight to the bottom of the cup and bounced right back out.  On the other hand, yesterday I sank a 60-some foot putt from the back fringe for a birdie.  At that range, its pure luck when something goes in.  Good breaks and bad ones tend to even out after a while.  I think we just remember the bad ones longer.

[billchao]

25 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Good breaks and bad ones tend to even out after a while.

I agree completely. I've had my share of good and bad. I've hit shots that catch the cart path and bounce OB and I've hit shots that should go OB and hit a tree and bounce back into the fairway instead.

I can't think of any bad bounces that weren't partly my own fault though. I really feel that you make your own luck out on the course for the most part.

[DrvFrShow]

2014 - Par 3 13th hole. Tee shot. Back tee placement. Typically I would overshoot the green with my 9i so I played a hard PW  to stop it dead. Instead of stopping, it landed pin high six feet right of the flag and backed up about 20 feet all the way into the front bunker.

This was finally balanced out this year when I pushed my 7 iron approach shot on the 9th hole into a tree on the right of the green and it ricocheted to dead center of the green.

[Club Rat]

Don't feel too bad for Dustin.

Likely feeling bad for Johnson, his fiancé Paulina Gretzky uploaded the picture below with the caption,”love you @djohnsonpga Dirty Diana ,” probably in an attempt to cheer him up. Based on the comments this elicited from DJ, it worked.

It get's juicier if your really interested in reading other tweets....

http://thebiglead.com/2015/11/09/paulina-gretzky-instagram-picture-makes-dustin-johnson-long-for-home/

[Gator Hazard]

1 hour ago, Club Rat said:

Don't feel too bad for Dustin.

Likely feeling bad for Johnson, his fiancé Paulina Gretzky uploaded the picture below with the caption,”love you @djohnsonpga Dirty Diana ,” probably in an attempt to cheer him up. Based on the comments this elicited from DJ, it worked.

It get's juicier if your really interested in reading other tweets....

http://thebiglead.com/2015/11/09/paulina-gretzky-instagram-picture-makes-dustin-johnson-long-for-home/

Do you ever think Wayne just wants to tell his daughter to class up a bit?  The comments on article are pretty funny like "I guess she forgot his email address"

[WUTiger]

Back in 1978, I got to play Pebble Beach. I got the "cruel fate" hole on No.8, the 430-yd Par 4 along the edge of the cliff.

A guy on a tractor was on the edge of what I thought was the landing area. So, I waited for him to move left, and lined up on the aiming stick for the fairway. I hit my best drive of the day, flying nice and high over the stick and heading toward the cliff.

I get in the cart and start down the fairway, and watch the mower guy pick up the stake and move it 15 yards left! I roll forward a bit more, and realize my alignment was bad - I had knocked the ball over the cliff.

Anyway, I end up with a 7 on the hole; could have had a shot at the green if I had been lined up right.