Marin Dremock at The St. David's Sentinel.
"In the 2018 PIAA high school golf state tournament, I hit my tee shot on the 10th hole into some very high grass next to a large sand bunker. Needless to say, my ball was unplayable, deeply buried in the thick blades of grass, and I needed to improve my conditions for the shot. Unfortunately, the only playable area I could drop my ball was in the sand trap next to this high grass.
"So I did. I dropped in the bunker, took my penalty stroke, and was lined up to hit my third shot 110 yards to the green. I grabbed my 9-iron and actually hit a lovely fairway bunker shot to about a foot from the hole. I tapped in for par.
"Somehow, in the most unconventional way, I still made a four. The scorecard didn’t show my horribly hooked tee shot, lost ball, drop into the sand, impeccable 9-iron, and tap in putt. It merely displayed a '4' on Hole 10.
"If you’re familiar with the common saying, 'The ends justify the means,' you’re familiar with Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli’s (perhaps) most famous idea."
See Machiavelli, The Prince, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 23, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 21
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