[gabbaman]

I have gotten so many fortunate bounces just this year, I don't think I could ever single out one particularly lucky shot. I can think of 3 drives within the past few weeks that were sliced and by all accounts should have been lost, but somehow managed to bounce back into the middle of the fairway and in really good position.

Perhaps my "Luckiest" shot came in the middle of my alltime luckiest round ever in 2000. I was -3 after 3, starting out eagle/par/birdie (and back then my handicap was 18). The house next to the fourth tee was having a cookout, and with all those people standing around and yacking, I managed to hit a perfect drive, long and straight, leaving me an easy wedge to the 4th green. The green sits on top of a rock ledge, so if you are short your ball will bounce back towards you, and if you are long you are in the woods. I totally bladed my wedge, hitting a line drive that barely cleared the top of the rock ledge. Nothing could stop that ball from rocketing into the woods and getting lost....except for the pin, which it hit. I couldn't see the hole from where I was, and as hard as the ball hit the pin I figured there was no telling where the ball had bounced off to. Of course, since I'm typing in this thread, the ball somehow managed to just drop in the hole. -5 after 4 holes. Too bad the heavy skins were on the back 9.