Yes we were both hitting from the same tee and were both hitting branded balls, Titleist for me, Callie for my opponent. Club sets were comparable, Max for him, Hogan for me. It happened again today at Chambers Bay. On the tee we had a right to left 18 mph cross wind. Both of us hit to the right and both balls followed a straight trajectory to the right. On our approach shots, we didn’t adjust for the wind to see what would happen. My ball went straight, his ball went left of the green. My opponent offered to me that I should keep in mind that this is a game and stuff like this will happen. I’m just trying to determine if this a one off type of situation as he suggests or whether it is a variable that needs to be considered when playing a shot.
It just seems strange that when you tee off, one player adjusts for the wind, the ball trajectory curves, and lands in the fairway and the second player makes a similar adjustment, the ball goes straight, and lands in the scrub, spinach or whatever. I know this in most cases is probably the result of a miss-hit shot, but in the cases I am describing I am fairly certain the different results are not the product of a miss-hit as both of us conducted a dialog to discuss/question what happen and compared notes.