{"id":268,"date":"2008-07-22T10:08:03","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T17:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localdev.bransontourist.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2008-07-23T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T03:11:42","slug":"the-battle-on-hole-number-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/the-battle-on-hole-number-four\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle on Hole Number Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bransontourist.com-content\/uploads\/free_golf_clip_art_01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-273\" title=\"free_golf_clip_art_01\" src=\"https:\/\/bransontourist.com-content\/uploads\/free_golf_clip_art_01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a>It was a typically hot, sweltering summer day in Branson.  I was working on my second shot on the Fourth Hole. A warm breeze was flowing from the southwest, but it wouldn&#8217;t be much of a factor for my next shot.  My ball had miraculously landed just short of a treacherous water hazard and I was hoping to save my par, and my dignity, and move on to Number Five.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t have a caddy helping me out, so I was left to my own devices.  A carpet of grass stretched out before me. I detected an almost imperceptible rise about a foot in front of the hole.  How should I tackle this? Without thinking, I fiddled with the yellow band on my left wrist. It read WWTD. Indeed, <strong>What Would Tiger Do<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Steeling my resolve, I addressed the ball. With my perfectly balanced putter, I connected squarely on the sweet spot. It rolled and rolled, and headed for the rise. Was there enough power? Would Tiger have hit it harder?<\/p>\n<p>The ball took the rise with vigor as it rolled straight and true, right into the center of the cup.  YES! It was all I could do not to throw my hat into the air in celebration. I tried to remain humble as I approached the hole to retrieve my ball. On this day, Hole Number Four would not get the better of me.<\/p>\n<p>Now it was on to Hole Number Five and the battle against the dreaded Windmill.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of great golf courses in Branson &#8211; miniature and otherwise. Go out and enjoy one of them.<\/p>\n<p>See you on the links!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a typically hot, sweltering summer day in Branson. I was working on my second shot on the Fourth Hole. A warm breeze was flowing from the southwest, but it wouldn&#8217;t be much of a factor for my next shot. My ball had miraculously landed just short of a treacherous water hazard and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bransontourist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}