Settle this for me - it's impossible right?

[Orikoru]

Saw this on a Facebook group.



To my mind that is physically impossible to end up there. Perhaps a billion to one chance - but I just don't buy it. They revealed on another comment that none of them saw it actually land there, they just walked up and found it like that. If they're not just on the wind up, I've argued that the most likely scenario is that some troublemaker placed it there and then scarpered before they saw him. Rather than the ball defying the laws of physics. They're adamant that wasn't it though. What do we think??

 

[Deleted member 29109]

They hit into the group in front and they put the ball there.

Or it’s staged.

 

[KenL]

More chance of a hole in one.

 

[Crow]

Not the sort of story to lose any sleep over.

My default setting for everything I read and see on the internet is

 

[Deleted member 25575]

Don’t believe everything you read on the internet; would be my advice

 

[Orikoru]

Don’t believe everything you read on the internet; would be my advice

I've literally said I didn't believe it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Do you need to ask. Clearly a set up

 

[Deleted member 25575]

I've literally said I didn't believe it.

Then why start a thread asking for it to be settled

 

[Orikoru]

Then why start a thread asking for it to be settled

Because the chap was adamant about it and I wanted confirmation that it was physically impossible! Not just that we don't think it happened, but that it's completely impossible to happen. Isn't it?

 

[Billysboots]

Laws of physics would suggest that’s impossible. Momentum would not allow it to come to rest there unless it landed exceptionally softly with the aid of a parachute.

 

[jim8flog]

Hand of god??

 

[Deleted member 25575]

Because the chap was adamant about it and I wanted confirmation that it was physically impossible! Not just that we don't think it happened, but that it's completely impossible to happen. Isn't it?

Urm… it is completely impossible… I’d say so. It could bounce and hit the top of the post, but it wouldn’t come to rest there the initial bounce would have some forward momentum (says it was hit from 100 out) with the firmness of the wood, any forward movement at all makes it impossible to hold on a surface that size.

 

[Slab]

Same thing happened to my ball a couple of weeks ago so I can believe it. Played it as it lies. Still made par though

 

[rksquire]

Is it in the hazard or not?

 

[sjw]

Saw this on a Facebook group.

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To my mind that is physically impossible to end up there. Perhaps a billion to one chance - but I just don't buy it. They revealed on another comment that none of them saw it actually land there, they just walked up and found it like that. If they're not just on the wind up, I've argued that the most likely scenario is that some troublemaker placed it there and then scarpered before they saw him. Rather than the ball defying the laws of physics. They're adamant that wasn't it though. What do we think??

Absolute bull

 

[Arthur Wedge]

No it’s not impossible

 

[LincolnShep]

Same thing happened to my ball a couple of weeks ago so I can believe it. Played it as it lies. Still made par though

The unbelievable part of that is that you made a par.

 

[LincolnShep]

Is it impossible? No.
Is it extremely unlikely? Yes, but unlikely things happen every day.
My money would be on someone placing it there, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.

 

[BubbaP]

You've clicked and commented - so mission accomplished

Oops, I see what I've done there !

 

[Canary_Yellow]

I don't think it's actually impossible, just so incredibly unlikely that it almost certainly got there via other means.

Hope whoever put it there is having a good chuckle at this, I know I would be.