LynnBlakeGolf Forums - Cause Ya Never Know

Thought I'd relay this one for "holie" credit, and to remind everyone why you should never "give-up". Played in a pretty big 4-ball event a week or so ago. First of 3 rounds and we come to the 13th hole, a par-5 with a creek that fronts the green. My partner hits 4-wood to the middle of the green leaving about a 30 footer for eagle. After a large drive I'm hitting a 6-iron for my second shot but draw it a tad too much and it ends up in the creek. The other team has hit their approach shots and are on the green as I find my ball staring back at me from the water. I'm thinking "it sure would be nice if I could find a way to make 4 and let my partner have a run at his eagle", so I take my line-of-flight drop about 60 yards up the fairway where I thought I had the best chance to hit a vertically-hinged lob wedge to the pin that was cut fairly close to the front of the green. Sure enough, 2 hops and a slow roll into the cup for birdie.

As one member of the other team handed me my ball, he admitted wondering what the heck I was doing taking a drop with my partner sitting in good shape with an eagle putt. I just told him "cause ya NEVER know what's gonna happen in this game". How many times do we get down after a bad shot or a bad break and have it go from bad to worse. The old adage of the only shot that really counts is your next one is soooooooo true.