Disqualified? (7 of 8)
Series: Fake News
Jeff Schreve
Luke 22:54-62
The year was 1999. They were playing the British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland. The battle was back and forth with the golfers. But when it came down to it on Sunday, one golfer rose above the crowd. His name was Jean Van de Velde. He was from France. Everyone thought he was going to win. He came to the 18th tee with a three-shot lead. Four days of the tournament, the British Open, and there was a 490-yard, par-4. It wasn't an easy hole, he had a three-shot lead, all he had to do was get a 6, get a double bogey. Now, for a hack like me, that would be a tall order, but for a professional golfer to get a double bogey is no big deal. So, they had even began to stencil his name on the trophy, on the Claret Jug. They started to put his name in there because everyone said for sure, he's going to win. But Jean Van de Velde teed off with a driver. The announcer was like, ''Why is he doing that? All he has to do is get a 5, get a 6. You don't need to try and birdie this hole.'' He teed off with a driver. It went in the rough. And then, from the rough he hit a 2-iron to try and get on the green in 2. Very stupid! And from that he went into the weeds. And from the weeds, the heavy weeds, he went into the water. And from the water, he had to pull out, and then he went into the sand. He shot a 7 on the hole, 3 over par. He went into a playoff, lost the playoff, lost the Claret Jug. His defeat is considered in the golfing world as the most epic failure in all of golf. You don't come to the 18th hole with a 3-shot lead and lose. But Jean Van de Velde did. Epic failure!
Hey, I want to talk to you, in our series, Fake News: Exposing the Lies of the Devil, we want to talk today about an epic failure, a failure that stands out from all the other failures. You know you have failures in life. I have failures in life. But as we look at our lives, there are certain failures that rise above the other failures. T ...
Series: Fake News
Jeff Schreve
Luke 22:54-62
The year was 1999. They were playing the British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland. The battle was back and forth with the golfers. But when it came down to it on Sunday, one golfer rose above the crowd. His name was Jean Van de Velde. He was from France. Everyone thought he was going to win. He came to the 18th tee with a three-shot lead. Four days of the tournament, the British Open, and there was a 490-yard, par-4. It wasn't an easy hole, he had a three-shot lead, all he had to do was get a 6, get a double bogey. Now, for a hack like me, that would be a tall order, but for a professional golfer to get a double bogey is no big deal. So, they had even began to stencil his name on the trophy, on the Claret Jug. They started to put his name in there because everyone said for sure, he's going to win. But Jean Van de Velde teed off with a driver. The announcer was like, ''Why is he doing that? All he has to do is get a 5, get a 6. You don't need to try and birdie this hole.'' He teed off with a driver. It went in the rough. And then, from the rough he hit a 2-iron to try and get on the green in 2. Very stupid! And from that he went into the weeds. And from the weeds, the heavy weeds, he went into the water. And from the water, he had to pull out, and then he went into the sand. He shot a 7 on the hole, 3 over par. He went into a playoff, lost the playoff, lost the Claret Jug. His defeat is considered in the golfing world as the most epic failure in all of golf. You don't come to the 18th hole with a 3-shot lead and lose. But Jean Van de Velde did. Epic failure!
Hey, I want to talk to you, in our series, Fake News: Exposing the Lies of the Devil, we want to talk today about an epic failure, a failure that stands out from all the other failures. You know you have failures in life. I have failures in life. But as we look at our lives, there are certain failures that rise above the other failures. T ...
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