Annie's shot of the day!

 

 

That’s our Annie in the photo.  She had just put the ball in the cup on the 14^th hole at Terra del Sol golf course.  Here’s the story.

This was during the 2017 FITS (Fun in the Sun) Scramble Golf Tournament on February 13.  Annie was on Team #6, with Bob D, Tom B, and Bev (Natures).  In a scramble, each person hits, then you take the best ball (with some restrictions) and everyone on the team hits from that location for the next shot.  This continues for the entire 18 holes of the tournament. 

When our team reached the 14^th hole, Bob and Tom hit their balls into a row of trees alongside the cart path.  Bev hit his ball well down the course, stopping about 5 yards short of the lake you see in the picture.  Annie’s tee shot was short so we chose to use Bev’s shot for our second shot.  Each of the men hit and we had three dry balls near but not on the green.  The shot across the water was about 85 yards and the GPS reading for center of green was 110 yards so there wasn’t much room to play with.  Annie took her shot last.  She hit a fine shot, arching high over the water, it landed just short of the front edge of the green.  It bounced several times and then rolled across the green, curving slightly, toward the flag.  As it reached the cup, Annie exclaimed, “The ball disappeared!”  Indeed, it had!  Annie had put our second shot on the par four hole in the cup for an eagle, 2 under par for the hole. 

That put us at 4 under par for the tournament with only four holes to go.  We bogeyed the last two holes and completed the tournament 2 under par which was good enough for a first-place finish.  Each member of Team #6 received a coupon for a free round of golf, thanks to Annie’s shot of the day, 110 yards and into the cup!