Is This Golf Ball Embedded In The Cup A Hole-In-One?
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-12-07
Any golfer will have understandably dissonant feelings looking at this photo. On the one hand, we know what a holed shot looks like: the ball is resting in the bottom of the hole. On the other hand, this ball is very definitely in the confines of the cup — only grass and gravity are keeping it from settling happily at the bottom. It should go in. It belongs several inches further into the ground. So what’s the answer? Ace?
GOLF.com’s Dylan Dethier revisits this photo that began making the rounds again and shares what he learned investigating the essential question.