[yannk]

video of the shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_jYOubJmfM

[maxerickson]

Funny that the video contradicts the article, showing him hitting 3 shots.

He also has little trouble with the mechanics of the shot that he is able to take with the suit on.

[ra88it]

I thought that was odd too. Maybe the middle one was a practice swing?

edit - I watched it again more closely. Looks like he threw down the second ball and the middle shot was either a practice swing or he missed it altogether and it wasn't counted (which I think is fair given he was wearing a thick space suit in low gravity swinging one handed with a fishbowl on his head).

edit 2 - Just seeing child post. Guess I gotta watch it again :)

edit 3 - Yep, child post is correct. It's sort of weird how confusing this short video is. The second ball kind of appears out of nowhere, as if he was doing a practice swing and dropping the ball at the same time.

[maxerickson]

A ball is clearly visible at 46s. Watching it again, he swings 4 times. I don't see a ball for the second swing, but they are clearly visible for the other 3.

I imagine the analyst found where 2 landed and the write up misunderstood that to be the number of shots.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

And maybe the analyst didn't find the third ball because it did, indeed, fly "miles and miles and miles".

[tln]

Thanks for posting that!

They looked like a chip shots that'd go 10-15 yards on earth

[aero-glide2]

Can't believe we did that 50 years ago. Sadly manned spaceflight went downhill from then.