Good way to start the New Year

Walked up to the right side of the tee box. Aligned the shot with my 6 iron and squared my stance to the hole. In smooth tempo, the strike was smooth and sounded like a well struck ball. The flight was high and online with the pin. The ball came down in front of the pin. I could see it was going towards the pin when I looked away expecting it to be close but not in. As we walked up to the hole, I saw the two other balls but did not see mine on or around the green. That is when I looked into the cup and saw it at the bottom.