Inthe climactic scene of the 20th Century cinematic masterwork Tin Cup (okay, I’m exaggerating here, it’s a mildly entertaining underdog story about a golfer, so, don’t set your expectations too high) Kevin Costner’s character — a scrappy riff-raff who finds himself leading the U.S. Open on the tournament’s final hole — is given the option on his second shot to either:
a.) clear a water hazard and go for the green in two
b.) play it safe and lay up, to hit the green in three and walk out with a mere one-shot victory
He chooses option b. Thus, his ball splashes into the water, and then he spends the next several agonizing minutes of screen time taking additional drops and re-shooting his second shot into the drink, before holing out on stroke number 12 to the crowd's delight.