HAVING A BALL
Bizarre optical illusion makes it look like golfer fluffs his shot – but can you work out what really happened?
A GOLFER produced a remarkable moment at the New Zealand Open.
Shae Wools-Cobb struck TWO balls at the same time unintentionally - without realising the second ball was even there.
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At first, it looked like Wools-Cobb had botched his shot when the camera next to him caught a ball bouncing a mere three yards away.
But then another camera cut to another ball that flew high up in the air and landed near the green.
The Australian golfer, his caddie and people watching inside the ropes were left absolutely baffled.
But the Aussie ace quickly received some good news as he learned the long shot was actually his.
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It quickly turned out that the other ball must have been buried beneath his original ball or was right next to it.
Officials couldn't detect it before the shot because of the impossibly tough lie that was consisted of tall grass.
There was even more good news for Wools-Cobb as the new rules saved him from a penalty.
The new guidelines state that because he intended to hit his actual ball he can't be penalised for also striking another one.
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Fans were left in awe by the unusual site but some claimed they have experienced that same shocker themselves before.
One golf enthusiast tweeted: "I did this once, both rolled lovely onto the green!"
Another posted: "A common occurrence in the rough of an Irish links course!"
And a third wrote: "Happened to my son once hitting out of some leaves at Old Kinderhook down at Lake of the Ozarks on #8.
"His ball went about 10 feet and the ball underneath his went to about 5 feet from the hole. Craziest thing I have seen on the course!"
Wools-Cobb, though, finished tied 26th, eight shots back of eventual winner and fellow countryman Brendan Jones.
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