Probably more by accident than by design. Still a neat shot. When it comes to accidental shots, I've had a couple. The golf course we live on (our house is at about the 150 yd. marker for #7, a par 5) has one hole that has always been my nemisis. It's #2, a par four with two power lines crossing the fareway about 50 yds. out from the tee. I have never made par, usually double bogey, yet it's not that difficult a hole because it's straight out...no bends or ponds, just those two power lines. One day, while on a round with two neighbors, I teed off and smack....hit the bottom power line. Since they're about 50 ft. above the grass I figured I'd just take extra strokes and hit another ball...only this time aim a little higher. I gave it a mighty whack, and seconds later....smack, I hit the top power line. Both balls merely dropped straight down, but what struck me was the probability of that ever happening again. Pretty remote. Two weeks later, same hole, same players, I teed off and smack....I hit the bottom line again. I played the ball where it dropped.
That's funny, because the golf course I grew up playing has a couple of holes that has the big TVA towers runniing across the fairways and the last hole in particular has the power lines running about a hundred yards out from the tee box. I've hit the power lines several times on my drives, but one day in particular I hit the power lines 3 times in a row from the tee box. Hit the first ball and the power lines knocked it straight down, so teed up another one and did the very same thing, so teed up the third ball and did it again. Hit the 4th ball and sliced it, so of course that was the one that didn't hit the lines. I've always wondered what the percentages were to hit the lines with 3 successive shots like that.
Dave
