up of the ball. According to a  newspaper account by his biographer O. B. Keeler, his 2 iron shot  was fired right into the center of the four inch square opening of  the cameras lens hood. The camera was stationed 50 feet away from  Bobby and about 7 feet off the ground. The cameraman and sound crew  were equipped with padded outfits as was the camera. He damaged the  lens hood on his very first shot, although the scene was later  edited to show him hitting the camera after a few shots.