Short Par 4 The Magazine Issue #2 October 2020 | Page 10

followed by a very serious test of one ’ s short game . The phrase “ got Pinehurst-ed ” was dubbed early and used often throughout the round . Just as we thought we were done with the flashbacks our caddie points out the Donald Ross house as we walk down the 3rd fairway . A house that Donald Ross himself built and lived in , on the course that he called home , and quoted as “ the fairest test of championship golf that I have ever designed ”. After what was an unreal opening 8 holes of golf we arriveupon the awesome par-3 9th and the shot that followed will forever be etched in my mind . The 9th hole is a relatively short but daunting par 3 with unsurprisingly , a lot of undulation . With the pin tucked on the right just below the slope I pull an 8-iron and land it just left of the flag . We all begin to watch intensely as the ball catches the ridge above the hole and slowly trickles down towards the flag . Then , we all crumble to our knees as we watch the ball lip out winding up just inches from the cup . In what felt like an eternity , I got Pinehurst-ed in the most painful