I experienced a WTF incident while competing in a CC tourney yesterday that left me mouth agape (and a smidge ticked). I was on a bit of a roll. Had a perfect yardage for a punch with my PW. The yardage allowed for a bit of roll out. It was one of those shots ya just can't wait to hit. Wind was 2 mph, no factor.
I dinged the shot. I watched the ball hit a couple yards shy of the pin, right at it. Immediately knew I had a definite birdie, with strong eagle-from-the-fairway potential.
Next thing I see, the ball reverses direction, fast heading off the green directly from whence it came. I was too bewildered to check mark the replay box, unfortunately.
Off the green 35'. I'm still puzzled by the event. How can a softly rolling ball headed for the cup bound away at light-speed like that (Speed boost was turned off or I might have had a coronary)?
Bottom line: I'm going to do my best to work pulling the pin on all shots into a green into my pre-shot routine.
(I didn't post this for anyone's edification. I'm still having all my posts moderated and my understanding is once one reaches a certain number of posts the 'flag' gets pulled, pun intended.)