Funniest shot you seen or played?

I saw the funniest shot I've ever seen at the weekend.  My playing partner totally thinned his tee shot which shot forward, hit the ladies tee concrete marker and flew back over our heads about 80 yards, landing the other side of the previous green!!  We were in stitches!!  He claimed it as out of bounds to avoid the embarrasment of having to go and get it!!!

It totally ruined my hole as well as I couldn't concentrate due to giggling all the way!!

So what's the funniest you've played or seen??  There must be some corkers (keep them HONEST though!!!!!!)

Not sure if its funnier than that, but this happened to me on saturday....

.....I was playing the 17th on the Brabazon and was lining up my second shot into the green. I completely thinned it and hit the wooden banking on the back of the ditch that runs infront of the green, the ball ballooned up and back over my head about 20 yards. Was playing with one of the Belfry pros as well!

Was playing a few weeks back and we arived at the Tee of a long Par five. There was a 3 ball in front of us just about to tee off, the first player smashes a drive right down the middle, the second player repeats this with another impresive drive, then the 3 guy in the group steps up and tee's the ball up, i noticed that the ball looked a touch high on the tee but hey. Anway the guy trying to match his partners unleashes a huge swing, only for the club head to pass right under the ball and just clip the top of the head. The Ball popped about 8 foot off the deck and landed inches away from where the Tee was!

His playing parters were all trying to stiffle their laughter and finally they all fell about. Unfortunatly he wasnt to happy about it and after playing an iron off the tee stormed off ahead of his mates!

Kept us amused for the rest of the round tho!

I was playing the back 9 at Wishaw last year.  I was topping my way down a par 5 and getting frustrated with myself.  I let anger get the better of me, and trying to kill the ball for being so naughty I let go with my fourth shot - and topped it again.  The ball flew at a height of no more than 2 inches and was heading right and looking to enter the stream crossing the fairway about 150 yards away.  One fortutous bounce kicked it slightly left and it entered the stone walled bridge crossing the stream.  It struck both sides of the bridge at least twice before flying out and left at the other side, onto the green and stopping 12 feet from the pin. 

Justice was served when I three putted. 

Some years ago a friend and I were playing the short 9 hole at Cray Valley [we were young].

My mate had a pretty poor round, when we got to the 8th he wasn't in the best of minds. He scuffed his tee shot about 50 yards. He was so wound up, that on his 2nd shot he tried to give the ball a fair old whack. This he did with great success, the only problem was he hit it straight at a tree, sending the ball 55 yards behind him, past the tee box.

Oh how I laughed. 

I played today and one of my partners holed an 8 shot, straight into the hole, I have never seen that before.

Graham, it was his third shot for a birdie net eagle and four points.

I remember at the first N v S I hit a drive nearly into the woods, the second back out onto the fairway, then the real trick shot.  Sliced it heavily into the woods, followed by three solid whacks of ball on tree trunk and the ball rolling neatly onto the green to putt for a par.  The funniest shot though was just after that happened, when Danny neatly pitched into the lake behind from 30 yds!

I don't remember that one.

There are many to choose from but perhaps my favourite was when Simon Overland (soon to be illustrious leader at the NvS) complained bitterly as he waited for a group in front of us who where playing the wrong fairway take almost 10 minutes to move out of the way. Finally they moved at which point Simon declared he had picked the wrong club walked back to his bag and switched to the right club for the shot. Finally after so much anticipation of the shot he shanked the ball 2 faiways to the right. I'd loved to have seen him use the wrong club

Cue Simon to regale you with stories of my attempt of the third at Wild Wood or the pot bunker at Burnham on Crouch

When I was young and had only been playing a couple of months, I saw one of my playing partners try to play a soft lob on to the green from about 30 yards. It must have rained heavily the night before because his club slid right through the turf a couple of inches behind the ball to lift the ball on a divot. Trouble is the ball came up so slowly that he hit the ball on the follow through of his swing sending it left and out of bounds in the local canal.

Another instance last year playing in a stableford comp, pouring down with rain, it came to the nearest the pin par 3 over water. This guy placed his ball on his tee, took a practice swing, stepped up to his ball, swung and struck the ball perfectly to put the ball within 3 foot of the pin, but his grips were so wet by the time he took his shot that his club slipped out of hands on the follow through landing in the middle of the lake. At the prize giving later on it turned out that 3 other clubs had disappeared into the same lake that day in the same manner!

In times gone by when my driving was, er, haphazard (I no longer consider the next fairway as wayward) I've put a ball through a greenhouse, a tiled roof, a velux window and nearly caused an accident on an adjoining road.  Calmed down now, but it still fills me with wonder how a 45mm diameter ball can deny most physical laws and behave the way they do.  Yes the shot at Donnington was a corker, I reckon it went forward about 170yds and rolled back about 120.

You must have a Vokey driver then, Tim, all that backspin.

I was watching a group playing a downhill par 3 at Pottergate Golf Club. One lad topped his tee shot and let his club go flyng in the air. It seemed like slow motion as his club whirled through the air and hit a playing partner (his father I think) on the head. As his partner went down poleaxed, his electric trolley took off on its own and headed for the green. Luckily the guy wasn't seriously hurt, but he didn't take kindly to a group of us crying our eyes out with laughter at his predicament. I always knew golf was a cruel game..;

First day in Perth, Western Australia, a golf buddy and I got chatting to a bar owner, who arranged a game for us at Burswood Park.  It was February, and very hot (over 100), so we decided to just play 9 holes.  As that meant 2 hours in the sun, we plastered ourselves with sun tan lotion before approaching the 1st tee.

My mate steps up, and nails one down the middle, but while I'm watching the ball sail down the fairway, he starts jumping around shouting 'FORE'.  When I look over, he's not holding the driver any more, which went flying over his left shoulder.  Luckily no-one was around (mad dogs and Englishmen etc), but he realised he hadn't wiped the sun cream off his hands, and as the clubs were hired, we had no golf gloves to aid with gripping the clubs!

How on earth did you manage to slice a 9 iron, Pat, I doubt I could do it even if I was trying to.

The last time I witnessed your putting your direction was excellent.

There's been some crackers over the years but my brothers tee shot on the 18th at Victoria in Vilamoura last year takes some beating.  Due to a fair wind, a vicious slice and the exerts of god knows how many pints around Vilamoura Marina, his tee shot ended up in the middle of the Fairway.......on the neighbouring Millenium Course!

J P, I have actually witnessed such an event at Chingford Golf club where I was a member in 1959. Short third with a vicious sloping green from left to right. Ron Swinney (6 handicap), the then secretary holed in one and turned to his playing companion, a Mr Keith Vohmann (3 handicap) and said you have that for a half and he promptly holed it. It requires a miracle to stay on the green in the Summer.

My bro in law did the same as the original post, thinned his tee shot on a par 3, hit the wood surround of the tee box in front of us and bounced back over his head and landed on the tee box a foot behind him......He then hit his 2nd shot to within 4 foot of the hole and putted out for a par...

My other bro in law hit his tee shot on the 1st hole at Canvey 90 degrees and hit the clubhouse, and a friend of mine teed off, scuffed his shot and smashed a coot square on the chops about 15 yards in front of him!!

 The one funny, but not at the time moment was at Belle Isle. My bro in law hit a poor tee shot and I walked ahead to watch his ball over the hill..I was looking forward as he hit his shot and it sounded funny so I turned back to look and saw a golf ball 6 inches from my face....in a scene straight from the Matrix, I pulled my head back and the ball passed my face millimetres away from knocking me old cold(possibly dead) all in slow motion!!

That used to be a two shot penalty, but has since been reduced to one shot only.

Even friendlies should be played to the rules, Gary.