This proof actually happened yesterday, Friday September 13, 2013, at the St. Cloud Country Club in St. Cloud Minnesota. Three of us had ventured to St. Cloud as our course, Alexandria Golf Club, was busy hosting the Minnesota Golf Association Mid Am.

The Fifteenth hole is a short-ish par 5 with a hazard, a deep cut with a 90-degree bank, all along the left side and a creek in front of the green. My tee shot was a smother hook left into the hazard. Didn’t even attempt to find the ball – not even a ProV1 is worth a broken leg. Take my drop and promptly chunk a 9 iron about 30 yards. I was trying to get it up quickly over a tree. Now laying 3! Finally hit a decent shot – a 6 iron to the middle of the fairway 94 yards to the pin. Once the green clears hit a Gap Wedge exactly 94 yards into the hole for a Ho-Hum par.

I guess this is why we play them out. You never know when lightning might strike. Here I was hoping against hope that I could scratch a bogey and being rewarded with a par. The Golf Gods do have a sense of humor. One could also wonder if Friday the 13th played any part. By the way, my birthday is the 13th – not September – but?