Fan Gives Double-eagle Ball To Club

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous Sports' started by Sportsguy, Apr 9, 2012.

  1. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    The golf ball sat at the bottom of the left pocket of Wayne Mitchell's green cargo shorts."I've got a zip on it," Mitchell said of the zipper pulled tight across the pants leg.He might have considered a safety deposit box.Mitchell owned -- for a few hours, at least -- one of the most famous golf balls in Masters history. He got it Sunday afternoon after Louis Oosthuizen double-eagled the par-5 2nd hole, pulled the Titleist from the cup and, incredibly, underhand-tossed it toward the patrons seated behind the green.

    Source: ESPN
     
  2. themush

    themush iDIOT sAVANT

    Free golf at Augusta for life????
     
  3. CaptainStubing

    CaptainStubing Gave her a Dirty Sanchez

    i would think he would get something like that............ either that, or he's just really rich and didn't need the money at all because he has to be worth some $$$$.
     
  4. TheSnowman

    TheSnowman #1 Trap Star

    Haha, it's a dream of mine but let's be real, playing there would get downright frustrating and anger-filled after a round or two. No way it's actually fun to try to play well there if you're 95% of the able-bodied golfers of the world.
     
  5. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    this was just a class act by this fan
     
  6. Tarkus

    Tarkus The Thread Stalker

    Or the dumbest guy in history.

    I'm sure the PGA could scrounge up some bucks for the ball....
     
  7. CaptainStubing

    CaptainStubing Gave her a Dirty Sanchez

    i heard that the Augusta officials found the guy in the crowd and informed him that all golf balls were the property of the private club and taking property off of the course would be stealing. i'm not sure if an 'agreement' was made, but i heard the guy who caught the ball was from New Zealand and filthy rich and left in a private jet later that day so he wasn't like you and I. He didn't need the money so he may not have asked for anything.