It was an unimaginably difficult golf hole. Steeply downhill from tee box to green, the fairway was made of a slick countertop-like material, perhaps granite or an artificial equivalent. The hole looked about three-hundred yards long, so Rock figured it was Par 4.
His first tee shot had rolled the length of the hole and sped into oblivion over the small hard green. Joe Ralston, an assistant pro at the course, laughed along with a course maintenance worker at the expected result and watched as Rock tried to walk back to the tee box.
Nearly halfway up the fairway, Rock realized it was far too steep to climb. In fact, balance had become an issue. He was at least a hundred yards above a rocky base and did not know what to do to avoid a potentially deadly fall.
