Saturday, August 22nd, 2015, I was playing with the ladies league at Birkdale Golf Club . I pulled out my 9 iron on the 4th hole. 122 yards to the flag. I placed my Titleist Pro V1 on the tee, took a practice swing and then a nice easy swing. The ball bounced twice on the green and then disappeared into the shadows. We drove to the back of the green. I scanned the entire backside of the green which ran into large rocks with a pond below. No ball? I decided to take a peek in the hole. It was in slow motion, I could see half of the bottom of the hole but no ball. I leaned forward to inspect the entire bottom of the hole, there it was ! Unbelievable !! What a humbling feeling. Love this game !