Mike Nuzzo,
The ball doesn't always end up where we intend or think we're aiming it.
You only know where the ball landed, you don't know where he was aimed.
But, you can make a big number, a triple or higher and not hit a bad shot.
Do you remember Watson at the British Open, bogeying the last hole.
That was a good shot, bad bounce that resulted in him losing the tournament.
I don't remember the fellows name, but, a few weeks ago, on the final hole of a PGA Tour event, he hit a perfect iron into a par 5 green, slightly above the flag, only to have it spin, way back, off the green and down the bank into the fronting water.
He doubled or tripled the hole and lost the tournament.
To his credit, he won a subsequent tournament.
You don't have to hit a bad shot to garner a high score, a bad bounce can easily derail your efforts.
Years ago I was playing a match and came to the 7th hole, where the flag was in the front of the green.
I decided that it was best to land my approach short of the green and let the ball feed to the flag.
I executed a PERFECT shot.
Only problem, a sprinkler cap just short of the green.
My ball hit it, bounded sharply left into an unplayable lie.
I took relief, but couldn't aim at the flag, I had to hit short of the green, which I did, chipped up and two putted, for a triple, and I didn't hit a bad shot, in fact, I hit my first two shots perfectly.
Sometimes bad things happen to good golfers.