The Decider: Mud or No Mud, That Is the Question
by Ryan Ballengee on Mar 11, 2010 4:58 PM EST
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PrintOn Sunday's final round of the Honda Classic, Nathan Green cost himself a ton of money by trying to extricate his half-floating golf ball from a hazard on the 17th hole at PGA National. It took three shots to get out of the mud as he made six.
When asked afterward what his thoughts were after attempt one, he told the Telegraph, "You can't print it."
But at that point, the Aussie was locked in to that course of action. Take one stroke and you may as well keep going. Otherwise, taking the penalty stroke adds injury to insult and a muddy jacket.
Then again, on my golf trip this weekend, taking the gamble paid off for several players. One of our guys actually put the ball about 3 feet from the hole about 70 yards out in the mud. So, sometimes the dog gets the bone.
That said, if you were Nathan Green, would you have gone for it from the mud?
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Sure, he was trying to
climb the leader board…His decision was OK, it was the execution that wasn’t….As the many replays showed, he just hit too far back of the ball…I give him an A for effort and the guts to keep going…You could see how P***ed he was when it was over….STUB
Yes, I would have done it too
And as the announcers pointed out, he was hitting like 6 inches behind the ball! Maybe his right foot was sinking into the muddy abyss and affected his downswing. Or maybe he wanted to take out the entire shoreline of that pond. Either way, he looked rather foolish.
Although, I must say, I do take some twisted gratification from watching a PGA Tour professional hack at it like that. (But, for the record, I did not feel gratified watching Jean Van de Velde hack away his lead at the British Open way back when… even though he is French… just sad)
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