LOL, One day we were playing a quick 9 just before dark and I found a Titleist ball in very good condition when I still played a lot ...2 holes later there was a Par 5 with a pretty tight driving window, so I hit the ball I found and crushed it...
We were looking all over the fairway for it in the area I usually land and couldn't find it so I hit another ball!
As we walked down the fairway 35-40 yds I see a ball and it was the one I hit, and the longest drive I "ever" hit...
So I played out the round with it...we got to the Par 3 9th about the time of day you couldn't see the ball when you hit it even with a spotter, so I hit a 5i, we walked up to the green, didn't see it, looked in the traps, didn't see it! So I figured I hit it in the rough and missed the green completely like my friend did and we walked to our car, put the clubs away and went in for a beverage.
10 minute go by and a guy in the threesome behind us walks up to us and asks me if we played a Titleist? I said yes, and he hands me a ball and says, "here ya go, you left it in the hole"....
WTF, being soooooo close to a HIO soooo many times, and the only one I ever got was one I couldn't even see to enjoy it! LOL
Now it could have been a prank they pulled on me if it wasn't for the fact that the ball was a 80 compression ladies ball, and the only 80 compression ball I had ever seen...the next day I went to, called, and went to the website of "every" Golf store known to mankind trying to buy more of them, only to find out they quit making them like 10 years before....
That ball has been, and will always be on a shelf in my office, my longest drive and my only HIO!