Replying to LO24090 --
Dear John and Celia,
1995. Short Par 3 on a course in Cumbria, England. Wind and rain from the
Irish Sea - Take a 3 wood (spoon) assuming that the wind from the right as
I look at the green and pin target will hold up the ball's natural flight
of a fade's gentle arc; same as Montgomery's but mine is more subtle! (OK
then - 'subject to Ossager cross inductions;-) but how was I to know that
at the time?
Between tee and pin is a chasm or void to 'fly' with only a twenty yard
run to the green, small and surrounded by an amphitheatre of oaks.
September is turning them brown and gold. But the beauty will not distract
me, nor the rain. I address the ball, think 'nothing' close my eyes and
make my arcing swing. Sounds and feels like a good connection.
The ball flying now beyond my control, I have lost sight of it in flight,
my caddy for a day ( life-partner) watches as it clappers into the oaks
behind the green...and how was I to know that the wind would abate at the
very moment of impact? Next instant the ball reappears on the green and
bounces and then rolls limply to within two feet of the hole.
I explain to my 'caddy' that this is the way to play that hole in those
conditions. Complexity science is an art. She looked impressed. I think
it is all in the preparation. I lost my composure after that, three
putted! Life can be cruel.
"FOUR!!!"
Best wishes,
Andrew Campbell.
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