need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Playing in a comp yesterday, on the 4th my ball lodged itself very friendly like against a nice thick tree root. If it wasn't a comp, there's no way I would have attempted to play it, and in hindsight, I never will again.....
Attempted to scoop it away with a 5 iron, only for the ball to fly vertically upwards and smash me in the eye! Fortunately I did react and tried to move back, this probably saved my eye as the ball hit the very left corner of my eye socket missing the eyeball by about 1/2 a cm. 😵
Was quite weird, I Hit the floor in slow motion it seemed and I remember thinking "why am I falling?, ok, I'm still conscious, and opening my eye relieved that I could still see. All before hitting the deck. It was only then I found I was covered in blood. Fortunately, wiping the blood off seemed to stem the flow quite quickly, and apart from the impact pain I felt alright. Very lucky as that was my good eye, would be stuffed if I couldn't see with it.
On the plus side, my ball did wind up 50yds further down the middle of the fairway, and I did manage to finish the round.
Bit of a shiner today though😎🤕 Was going to post a pic but can't figure out how to do it from my phone - no options appear.
Will never play from a root again, not even in comp, a "penalty" shot is better than losing an eye! In fact I'm now an advocate of getting free relief from tree roots - a golf ball hit at 90+ mph starting from 1.5 metres away could be pretty lethal.
Attempted to scoop it away with a 5 iron, only for the ball to fly vertically upwards and smash me in the eye! Fortunately I did react and tried to move back, this probably saved my eye as the ball hit the very left corner of my eye socket missing the eyeball by about 1/2 a cm. 😵
Was quite weird, I Hit the floor in slow motion it seemed and I remember thinking "why am I falling?, ok, I'm still conscious, and opening my eye relieved that I could still see. All before hitting the deck. It was only then I found I was covered in blood. Fortunately, wiping the blood off seemed to stem the flow quite quickly, and apart from the impact pain I felt alright. Very lucky as that was my good eye, would be stuffed if I couldn't see with it.
On the plus side, my ball did wind up 50yds further down the middle of the fairway, and I did manage to finish the round.
Bit of a shiner today though😎🤕 Was going to post a pic but can't figure out how to do it from my phone - no options appear.
Will never play from a root again, not even in comp, a "penalty" shot is better than losing an eye! In fact I'm now an advocate of getting free relief from tree roots - a golf ball hit at 90+ mph starting from 1.5 metres away could be pretty lethal.
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