Jonathan Becker graced us with his presence here in Australia over January. On a warm summer morning, we played Royal Melbourne West, then ventured to Kingston Heath for the afternoon round. Becker was playing well, and even found an old rusted horse shoe in the rough while looking for a playing partner's ball on KH #1. We wondered if it was once worn by a horse at the site for digging out bunkers.
However it got there, it brought him good luck.
After a big drive on 7 (reachable par 5) Becker had 176yds to the hole. Following some discussion on line, wind, green front, and club, he let rip. After several seconds of majestic flight, the ball landed precisely where we described, and rolled smoothly into the cup. It genuinely never looked like it was going to miss. Quickly reaching for the phone, I was able to capture how a visiting American celebrates an albatross (double eagle) on the sandbelt.
