The 7 Scariest Shots in Golf
1 Next shot after a shank
You reach the top of your backswing and then… What’s that?… Paranormal activity in the downswing causes a biblical hosel-rocket. You’re left searching for your ball and scratching your head. The feeling of utter disbelief will shortly be replaced by one of abject fear. ‘Maybe if I come more from the inside I’ll find the middle of the bat.’ Yeah… that’ll do it!
2 Chip off a tight lie
You’ve missed the green but not by much. Nothing to worry about there… Until you reach your ball and discover it sitting on a slab of turf with less grass on it than the M25. With fear in your eyes and panic in your heart, there’s only one option – the putter. But what about the bunker that’s in the way?… Just hit it hard!
3 That not-quite-a-gimme in foursomes
Anyone who has claimed ‘I’m not scared of anything’ has never played foursomes and had a short putt which is almost gimme range but not quite. Most particularly when this putt comes just after your partner has played a superb shot to set up this almost-but-not-quite-a-tap-in. Hit it firm and straight? Dribble it in? Shut your eyes and hope? All good tactics…
4 That shot after you’ve been called through
You’ve got to hit a good one now. We all have experienced that shot when we have been called through which we then can’t find when we have walked down to where we were sure it was. It was just off the fairway almost in line with that tree in the distance … was sure it would be in this patch of light rough, but can’t see it anywhere … what now? use the allotted three minutes searching for the ball as I have a score to protect … or should I just forget it and march on and that hole and mark a blob on the scorecard … oh heck it’s a medal today … do I now go back and play three off the tee … should I have played a provisional? … oh why didn’t I play a provisional … if I go back and play three off the tee, the group ahead will just play on and never let us through again and they are so annoyingly slow … oh why didn’t anyone in that group look to see where my shot ended up … they are so annoying … it must have…
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