On February 6, 1970, at the end of the second and final EVA (extravehicular activity) of Apollo 14, 138:09:17, Alan Shepard turns toward the camera and announces: "Houston, if you look closely you should recognize that I am holding the handle of the sample collector of emergency, it is found that there is a number 6 iron at the end. In my left hand I have a small white ball, familiar to millions of Americans. I dropped the ball on the ground. Unfortunately the combination is too rigid, I can not execute the movement with both hands, I will still try to make a "sand trap shot"! (Blow that way out of the bunker, the bunkers are filled hollow sand barrier located around the fairways and greens, also known as "sand traps"). On the second swing, he makes a "top", that is to say, it touches the top of the ball sends it to a few tens of centimeters to the right. The CapCom Fred Haise launches a quip: "From here it was like a slice! "Except that the ball is airborne, and Haise knows that without an air ball can" slice "on the ground. Alan Shepard "dropper" his second ball, gets into position and hit for his last shot he sends the golf ball about 400 feet, hotshot he exclaims, "In miles, miles and miles (" Miles and miles and miles "). A persistent legend tells that Shepard had fraudulently won the No. 6 iron modified so that it fits over the handle of the collector, it is totally false, Shepard has spoken to the head of mission planning, which immediately joined . About its deal with NASA officials, he was next, if the mission objectives are achieved it may take a few minutes to hit two golf balls, otherwise he would abstain. Shepard had resulted in his free time to swing space suit because he was afraid that this movement makes the imbalance and falling. The telescopic handle manifold 6 iron sample and were returned to Earth, they are displayed in the museum of the U.S. Golf Association in Far Hills, New Jersey. Alan Shepard wanted to get the two balls but he had enough time or oxygen. Some pessimists have strongly criticized this ... frivolity. Spend as much money to play golf on the moon ... just remember that astronauts have spent over nine hours on the moon in two outings, the golf game lasted one minute (from 138:08:17 to 135:09 : 20 is exactly 1 minute and 3 seconds!). The idea of playing golf on the Moon comes from his friend, the comedian Bob Hope, who had a legendary passion for golf, so much so that he often walked around with a club in hand!. The astronauts received a telegram humorous at the prestigious Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland, one of the oldest golf clubs in the world, which enacted the modern rules of golf and is reputed to be a stickler label: "Our warmest congratulations on your achievement and your safe return to Earth. Please refer to the Rules of Golf, etiquette section, paragraph 6 - Even if there is no rake in the vicinity of the bunker, you should always leave at the level the sand and cover your tracks and not club ."(There is a double-trick, first you must understand that the bunker is the Moon as a whole, we find only the" sand ", and the next player is not about to pass by ..). Alan B. Shepard, the first American in space, is to date the only man who played golf on the moon and should stay a few more years!...

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