The Luck thread:

[Smiffy]

Ray Taylor is the "luckiest" golfer I have ever met. I can guarantee that if he oinks one off the tee and it is doomed, he will hit a tree (or something else) and end up right in the middle of the fairway.
He won a nearest the pin competition once at Chartham Park with a thinned 9 iron that never got more than a foot off the deck, hit a rake and bounced up to "gimme" distance.
Playing with him at Royal Cinque Ports once, long par 3 he hooked his first ball miles left. Deep clag, and a definite "no finder". Put another ball down, thinned a 4 iron this time and it rolled for what seemed like ages, across the green and went in for a 3. He was getting a shot too.
Played the 3rd at Crowborough, short par 3 which had a cross bunker in front of it a few years back. He fecked up his first attempt to get out, thinned his next which hit the bank in front, bounced a mile up in the air and plopped in for another three. If he hadn't hit the bank the ball would have gone 100 yards into the trees behind the green. I could go on but I think you get the picture.
Me on the other hand, if all four of us carved our balls out to the right, mine would be the one up against a tree trunk with no shot. The other three would be sitting out with shots. Guaranteed.

 

[Little Jockey]

Good post Smiffy for sue, this Ray Taylor fella sounds a bit of a jammy cad!

 

[m10johnson]

Luck happens all the time on the golf course.

Lucky or unlucky bounces off of trees, bunkers etc.

I had some bad luck when I hit the flagstick full on from 150 yards on a par 3 and the ball ended up 30 feet away and only made par. 2 feet lower and a possible ace but ended up with 3.

 

[kid2]

Hi Guys,
Now it's all good banter but I suspect that low handicappers never talk about it where as higher handicappers use is as a crutch.

Interested to hear about your comps and how many other folk play/ bemoan their luck?

Well im on a pair of Crutches at the moment so i wouldn't say Luck played a part with me......More like lack of it
I tend to agree that you will have certain shots that you get a rub of the green on....Probably more so with handicap golfers but i would go so far as to say everyone gets it at some stage.......Look at the Pro's......That lot are constantly getting breaks with shots.

 

[kid2]

Ray Taylor is the "luckiest" golfer I have ever met. I can guarantee that if he oinks one off the tee and it is doomed, he will hit a tree (or something else) and end up right in the middle of the fairway.
He won a nearest the pin competition once at Chartham Park with a thinned 9 iron that never got more than a foot off the deck, hit a rake and bounced up to "gimme" distance.
Playing with him at Royal Cinque Ports once, long par 3 he hooked his first ball miles left. Deep clag, and a definite "no finder". Put another ball down, thinned a 4 iron this time and it rolled for what seemed like ages, across the green and went in for a 3. He was getting a shot too.
Played the 3rd at Crowborough, short par 3 which had a cross bunker in front of it a few years back. He fecked up his first attempt to get out, thinned his next which hit the bank in front, bounced a mile up in the air and plopped in for another three. If he hadn't hit the bank the ball would have gone 100 yards into the trees behind the green. I could go on but I think you get the picture.
Me on the other hand, if all four of us carved our balls out to the right, mine would be the one up against a tree trunk with no shot. The other three would be sitting out with shots. Guaranteed.

Smiffy thats after giving me a good laugh pal.......Priceless

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Surely it evens out in the end. The bad bounce into trouble offset by the ricochet that stops it going OB. I try (not always very well) to put it out of my mind and just it it from wherever it ends up and not worry about how it got there