Anybody else like taking a swimming break during a round?
When our nearby Vicksburg Recreation Area course first opened last year, I launched an upshot that nicked a tree, veered off course, and landed smack-dab onto a small island with a swampy moat surrounding it. (It's to the right of Hole #16, and directly next to #15's tee area).
It was an 8 or 10-year-old Aviar P & A that I had been conditioning to replace my trusty 1999 Soft Magnet, which I use for turnover/dogleg right putting magic, should it disintegrate into a pile of powder sooner or later. In other words, this DX putter means something to me, and I wasn't about to leave it on that island, which is maybe the size of a portable kiddie swimming pool.
Someone had thoughtfully laid three or four thick branches across the "moat" surrounding the island. Perfect. I'd just strut across the moat on this fine November aftern...
It only took a split second before my shoulders were even with my rear-end, but it seemed like it took ten minutes to fall into the water. And it wasn't just a foot or two deep. I was fully immersed, baptised by the murky waters in the name of my messiah and savior, Larry Labond...