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**neonasafluni** · 08-14-2012, 02:59 AM

I'd never been hit with a golf ball before yesterday. I do not recommend it. It sucks.

I got paired up with a couple of cool guys at my local course yesterday, and we played up to a group of guys that as it turned out after speaking to them, were a bunch of first timers. They at least saw us waiting on them and they invited us to hit up and play through them. It was on a par 3 hole, and my playing partners and I had hit on, and the foursome that was letting us play by, had also hit up to the green in stead of waiting on us to finish out. No big deal. We were all going to putt out and my group was going to go off on the next hole and move on past the larger group. I was waiting off the green for the last guy to hit on. He was about 20 yards short of the green and needed to pitch up. I was standing about 40 feet off the green with two other guys, well away from the line of his pitch. The young lad cocks back and lets go a full swing with his wedge and skulls the ball badly, and hit an absolute missile. And right at me. I tried to dodge it, but it hit me flush on the shin bone and bounced off my leg and over the cartpath, and into someone's back yard. The noise it made on contact with my leg was sickening. It hurt SSOOOOO bad, I just knew my leg was broken. I got my self up off the ground and hobbled around while watching a big egg grow out from my shin. I was trying to laugh it off so that I didn't cry. The poor kid that hit me was mortified. He apologized profusely, and I tried to be as gracious as I could, but the urge to wrap a club around his neck was strong. Fortunately for all, my shin hurt way too bad for me to wrap any clubs around anything at all. I was able to finish my round out, but once I got home and got off my feet, it really started to hurt. Today, I have a big knot that has turned several different shades of green and purple on my leg. It hurts to walk, and even my pantleg rubbing against it is no fun.

I guess it could have been worse, but I know it could have been better. We all figured we were plenty far enough away to be safe, but apparently first time golfers can send balls to places that most folks who have played before would think impossible.

So yeah, if possible, I'd advise all to avoid getting shin-boned by a golf ball.

08-14-2012, 02:59 AM	#1
neonasafluni Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 365 Senior Member	PSA: Shin Bones and Golf Balls.....Do Not Mix I'd never been hit with a golf ball before yesterday. I do not recommend it. It sucks. I got paired up with a couple of cool guys at my local course yesterday, and we played up to a group of guys that as it turned out after speaking to them, were a bunch of first timers. They at least saw us waiting on them and they invited us to hit up and play through them. It was on a par 3 hole, and my playing partners and I had hit on, and the foursome that was letting us play by, had also hit up to the green in stead of waiting on us to finish out. No big deal. We were all going to putt out and my group was going to go off on the next hole and move on past the larger group. I was waiting off the green for the last guy to hit on. He was about 20 yards short of the green and needed to pitch up. I was standing about 40 feet off the green with two other guys, well away from the line of his pitch. The young lad cocks back and lets go a full swing with his wedge and skulls the ball badly, and hit an absolute missile. And right at me. I tried to dodge it, but it hit me flush on the shin bone and bounced off my leg and over the cartpath, and into someone's back yard. The noise it made on contact with my leg was sickening. It hurt SSOOOOO bad, I just knew my leg was broken. I got my self up off the ground and hobbled around while watching a big egg grow out from my shin. I was trying to laugh it off so that I didn't cry. The poor kid that hit me was mortified. He apologized profusely, and I tried to be as gracious as I could, but the urge to wrap a club around his neck was strong. Fortunately for all, my shin hurt way too bad for me to wrap any clubs around anything at all. I was able to finish my round out, but once I got home and got off my feet, it really started to hurt. Today, I have a big knot that has turned several different shades of green and purple on my leg. It hurts to walk, and even my pantleg rubbing against it is no fun. I guess it could have been worse, but I know it could have been better. We all figured we were plenty far enough away to be safe, but apparently first time golfers can send balls to places that most folks who have played before would think impossible. So yeah, if possible, I'd advise all to avoid getting shin-boned by a golf ball.
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