# Hackers of the world take heart

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackers-of-the-world-take-heart/989435>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** golf\
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackers-of-the-world-take-heart/989435 "2023-09-01T00:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackers-of-the-world-take-heart/989435/1 "2023-09-01T00:27:06Z")

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Ever [5 putt?!](https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/golf/pga-tour-champions/goydoss-head-scratching-5-putt-at-the-ally)

Paul Goydos on the Senior tour was leading by 1 on 17, putting for birdie from 35’. Watch it, and take heart that however badly you hacked up the course last weekend, you didn’t freaking 5-jack any greens! 😃

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackers-of-the-world-take-heart/989435/2 "2023-09-01T13:56:33Z")

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Wow - in addition to the obvious, there were a few surprising things about that sequence:

1. He hit the first putt pretty well, to within 4 feet.
2. It wasn’t a classic blow-up/tantrum - he seemed to do everything right for putts 3 and 4 (mark the ball, take time, reset) - albeit putt 4 was an awful ball-strike.
3. Nothing rolled down a slope to 20 feet - he was always within 4-5 feet after putt 1.

Thanks for sharing!