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Maybe the Greatest Break of All Time?

It's the first playoff hole of the Frys.com Open.  Jamie Lovemark is locked in a playoff with Troy Matteson and Rickie Fowler, in search of his first PGA Tour win.  From the middle of the fairway on the 18th hole, Lovemark hits his approach.  He was aimed way too far right.  The ball was heading for the water when the amazing happened (at the 1:15 mark or so).


The only thing that I could think of that was even close to that kind of luck in a tournament was Fred Couples' tee shot to the 12th hole at Augusta in the 1992 Masters.  He hit short of the green and the ball should have rolled into Rae's Creek.  But - miraculously - it stopped short.  Couples went on to claim the Masters as his only major championship.

Lovemark wound up losing to Troy Matteson one hole later.  So, it was only kinda lucky.

On a personal level, I think my luckiest shot came in high school golf team tryouts.  I was a freshman on day two of the tryout.  I barely squaked by one day one.  (I am horrible at winter golf.)  But, on day two, I came out firing.  I had a great round.  I came to the ninth hole - our last - needing par or better to feel good about making the team.

Hitting my approach from the fairway, I crushed it with a wedge.  Too much adrenaline.  I was going to airmail the green and hit the guys watching from atop the hill overlooking the putting surface.  But then divine intervention flew my ball right into the branches of the tree behind the green and deposited it about 10 feet from the cup.

I drained the birdie, shot 39, and made my spot of the golf team - a spot I kept all four years.

What's your greatest break ever on the golf course?

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That was THE most amazing shot ever until they showed the shot of someone’s hand just barely deeper than the guy’s fingers pressing on the concrete base for the green wall – but that base was angled out toward the lake and the ball bounced from 4 or so inches below the level of the water in the opposite direction from the angle back onto dry land. It just doesn’t seem possible.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 25, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely incredible! Perhaps there was a low lying rock just under the surface?

by AussieGolfer on Oct 26, 2009 3:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Concrete retaining wall just a few inches below the surface.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 26, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The break would have been “great” had he won the tournament. As is, it’s just a footnote, soon to be forgotten.

Truth has a well-known liberal bias.

by dianemarie on Oct 26, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, Lovemark kind of blew it by not winning the thing.

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by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 26, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

pssst – there were 2 other guys still in the tournament – it wasn’t a grocery store drawing. He got beat.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 26, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rickie Fowler is certainly to be getting closer to making the Tour w/o Q-School.

Cueing the Rickie vs. Tiger talk in 5, 4, 3, 2 …

by Old Man Par on Oct 26, 2009 10:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol – too late. Lerner and Chamblee started in on that yesterday between make out sessions. :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 26, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not surprised. I missed the final round because I decided to watch football instead. Sorry, xxxGC. NFL>who makes the top 125.

by Old Man Par on Oct 26, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

^ !#$ it.

“Rickie Fowler is getting closer to earning his Tour Card without Q-School.”

by Old Man Par on Oct 26, 2009 10:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs


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