I witnessed this tragedy during a recent round and just had to snap some photos.
The man decided to take off his shoes and socks to stand in the water and play his ball from the edge of the hazard. His shot was actually decent and it I’m sure it saved him at least a stroke in the tournament.
But the real tragedy isn’t the situation in which he found himself, it was that all the onlookers were “treated” to what is obviously a rare display of his permasocks. Here’s a guy that needs to do some chipping and putting practice in flip-flops! And I thought I had a tan line problem!
Photos cropped to protect the guilty.
July 21, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I’m guilty of permasocks. The problem is, the vast majority of my outdoor time is spent wearing golf shoes and I hate those little ankle socks.
I might just have to follow John Daly’s example and lose the shirt and shoes. OK, that would be unpleasant for all, so I won’t go that far. I’m going to have to make an effort to do a few practice green sessions in sandals, I guess.
July 21, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Perhaps it was a bilateral foot transplant.
July 24, 2008 at 5:49 pm
That could also be a tennis players tan…
http://www.golf.net
July 24, 2008 at 10:47 pm
ok – I’ve been studying those pictures for days and I still can’t see anything out of the ordinary.
September 17, 2008 at 1:15 am
And yet again we see the importance of wearing flip-flops for ladies golf shoes every now and then.