THE ABANDONED BALL

Auchterarder 2011

As you all will remember there was a wee challenge at this years outing and that was clearing the wall that we all faced on the 1st tee. Only one Hacker never cleared the wall our donkey Bin Laden Lang.

What nobody knew was that the wall is also visible from the 17th - 100 yards to the left of the fairway. So for any normal golfer it really isn't in play whatsoever but there are not many of us that are normal golfers.

Step forward Stevie "Ma Card" Paul onto the 17th tee and proceeds to smash a duck hoop miles left cracking into the wall and rebounding up the 1st fairway for 60/70 yards. This was Stevie's second ball as his first was possibly in the rough on the right hand side.

The ball was sitting nicely on the lush fairway waiting for it's owner to hit it back down the correct fairway.

It also has to be pointed out that the ball was only 50 yards from the clubhouse and a number of Hackers staring out at the course.

Stevie decided to ignore his Pro V and marched off down the 17th and left the shiny ball sitting on the wrong fairway.

He refused to go and get it when we questioned him on completion of his round and the ball was still there when we all left some 2 hours later.

His playing partners Mr Smart and Fox couldn't wait to break the news of his wall hitting exploits and the abandoned ball. This resulted in Ma Card getting a wee diddy award for hitting the wall even tho it was not on the 1st hole.

If he had not abandoned the wee ball we might have let him away with it but then it's Stevie so we probably wouldn't have.

WALL HITTER AWARD FOR STEVIE PAUL
THE WEE SHINY ABANDONED PRO V

THE WALL AND THE BALL IS ONLY 60 YARDS AWAY TO

HIS LEFT HAND SIDE BUT HE LEFT IT THERE TO AVOID THE HECKLING

FROM SPECTATING HACKERS.
ALEX AND IAN RACING BACK TO THE CLUB TO

BREAK THE NEWS OF THE ABANDONED BALL.

THE BALL IS STILL OUT ON THE COURSE WAITING FOR STEVIE TO

PICK IT UP BUT IT WAS LEFT SITTING PROUDLY ON THE FAIRWAY.