Bad Luck - Hitting a Bird in Flight

[Patch]

Read an article that a golfer named Kraft hit a bird with his tee shot. His ball landed in a pond. He took a double bogey, and missed the cut by one shot. 

He did ask for a ruling, but the official said since the bird was not a man made object, he had to play shot as a water ball. 

Make more birdies, than hitting them next time.......I guess 

[dennyjones]

I had to look up the ruling.   Bad luck...

[iacas]

5 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

I had to look up the ruling.   Bad luck...

People mis-use the term "rub of the green" all the time, but this is actually a case when it's correctly used.

[3jacker]

Forget Kraft, imagine how the bird felt about it.

[Wally Fairway]

5 hours ago, 3jacker said:

Forget Kraft, imagine how the bird felt about it.

In reading the article, it sounds like he just winged him.

[Vinsk]

There was no ‘fowl’ play suspected. No need to get your feathers rustled. The camera had a birds eye view of the incident. Too much?

[iacas]

“PETA is glad the bird is OK and sorry Kelly Kraft didn't advance, but that's not the bird's fault,’’ PETA senior vice president Lisa Lange said in a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports Saturday. “Of course, he would have advanced if he'd played better on other holes — so practice, practice, practice.

"To tournament holders: If animals are ever injured, they must be taken to a veterinarian right away."

[3jacker]

That crazy wingnut Lange has a point about the other holes... 

 

[RussUK]

12 hours ago, Vinsk said:

There was no ‘fowl’ play suspected. No need to get your feathers rustled. The camera had a birds eye view of the incident. Too much?

haha, thanks for that. Needed a chuckle this morning!

[dennyjones]

16 hours ago, Vinsk said:

There was no ‘fowl’ play suspected. No need to get your feathers rustled. The camera had a birds eye view of the incident. Too much?

Sounds like something @billchao would say!