Tell us about your successful or failed ice shot(s)

[bkuehn1952]

@graham57's avatar got me thinking about cold weather golf.  I played about 10 days ago during a mild spell.  At one point I hit a tee shot on a par 3 that ended up sitting on an ice covered lateral water hazard (pond).  I sort of wondered what the condition of the ice was.  The ball was reasonably close to the edge as well as the green.  A chip shot was not out of the question IF the ice would hold me.  As it turned out, there was virtually no chance to stand safely on the ice so I had to make a drop and recorded a double.

I have had a few balls bounce out of a partially frozen hazard and once chipped a ball from the ice but was standing on terra firma.

Anyone have a story to tell with either a happy or sad ending?

[Patch]

I pitched a ball out of a waste water ditch at the Desert Rose GC in Vegas several years ago. It was a cold winter day, and the ice was about 1" thick, with a concrete slab under it. No danger of falling through that. 

Maybe a 30-40 yard pitch shot that I picked clean off the ice for a 1 putt birdie.

That's probably the last time I wore my soft spike shoes due to the icy conditions. I was surprised they actually let us out on the course in those temps. My bar-b-que mittens came in handy that day. 

[Braivo]

Two weeks ago I had a few encounters with ice / snow on a balmy day in Michigan. The first one, with the ball resting on the ice, I left alone. Wasn't going to risk a cold bath to retrieve it.

The second, a sand / snow shot I flopped up nicely to a couple of feet.