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12 Shots That’ll Make You Scream In honour of the spookiest month of the year, we count down golf’s knee-knockers.
By Coleman Bentley
1 Bunker shot out of a buried lie in clear view of the clubhouse patio at lunch hour. 2 Tee shot in front of the fourball that your partner just convinced you to play through. 3 Punch-out from the wrong fairway while the group on that hole waits for you to clear. 4 Shot 15 centimetres from the cart path with a new set of irons.
5 First shot of a playoff after drinking at the 19th hole waiting for the other scores to come in. 6 Chip from a downhill lie with the car park 15 metres behind the green. 7 The provisional after you just shanked one dead right into what looks like poison ivy. 8 Approach shot on 18 when you’re pacing for a career round.
9 Opening drive at a bucket-list course on a dream trip that cost more than your kid’s school fees. 10 Recovery shot from the edge of a swampy water hazard at Skukuza. 11 A three-foot tester to win your fourball match while playing with your father-in-law. 12 Tee shot over a forced carry with no more balls in your bag.
ILLUSTRATION BY BEN KIRCHNER
26 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024
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