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VIDEO: Wind blows ball into hole for Matt Kuchar

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At the Fiji International, Matt Kuchar did the near impossible: He made the golf ball go in the hole by itself.

Kuchar was playing in 40 mph winds on Thursday at the PGA Tour of Australia event when his bogey putt at the second hole slid two feet past the cup.

Knowing that the wind was howling toward the cup from the side where his ball lay, Kuchar slowly went about his routine over his short double bogey come backer as he hoped something might happen.

And indeed he got exactly his wish when nature pushed his ball right into the cup for a belated bogey:

It was part calculation, part luck, and certainly something unique in Kuchar's golfing career.