What does it feel like to hole out from 100+ yards?

[cnosil]

Congrats on the HIO. Still waiting my turn.

[poprocksncoke]

Well, today I had my second HIO, on #3 at beautiful Jonesco Golf course.  It was playing about 145 down hill so I hit a 3/4 6I.  It hopped once and rolled about 4 feet straight into the cup.  

 

Nice!  Congrats!

[yungkory]

Congrats on the HIO DD!

[GolfJunkie302]

Awesome. Congratulations!

 

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[STUDque]

I better hurry up and run to the course. Good things happen in 3s!

 

 

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[Kansas King]

So I've had three long hole outs (two hole-in-ones and one double eagle). Funny story on the first hole-in-one. So the night before the first one I had gone to a party in the middle of a field around a fire. I was in high school so this had to be hidden location. This was one of the first times I had been truly inebriated and before the end of the night I remember someone tackled me and then I had beer poured on my belly after someone had pulled up my sweater. Yeah, one of those nights. In the process I lost my glasses. Next day I went golfing and luckily joined with a friend on the fourth hole. I was wearing my spare glasses which were too weak. Then we get to the fifth hole which was about 165 yard with a green that has significant slopes in the back that run to the front of the green and the green flattens out at the front. The pin was back in the corner, kind of in the bottom of a bowl shaped area. So I hit and lose sight of the ball as it turned into a blur. My friend was like, "I think it went in". I said "I don't know". Because I literally didn't know. He hits and we go up to the green. I grab my putter because I don't believe him. But there it was, in the bottom of the hole. I could see the ball mark about six inches behind the pin and that the ball had rolled in. I didn't feel like I actually hit a hole-in-one though. Not seeing the ball drop in took the excitement away. Don't get me wrong, I understood I had done something most people never do, but I felt shorted. I guess that is the ultimate punishment for losing my glasses the night before and my parents not being happy with me.

 

The second hole out was everything a hole-in-one should be. It happened on the same hole, just with more people. One big bounce into the hole, and I saw it, and all four of us went nuts. It was a well struck shot.

 

The double eagle was slightly different story. I had been having a difficult time my junior year and after getting annoyed on the range I decided I should just go play. So the first hole is a shorter par 5. I hit my drive which was long enough but poorly struck, it left me with about 205 into the green. I hit a thin three iron that land 20 yards short of the green then bounces on the elevated green, rolls, and stopped by the pin. I was not a happy person before I hit it which changed after it went in but I wasn't exactly on cloud nine either because I knew I had hit the shot poorly.

 

All-in-all I feel lucky to have what I do. You feel on top of the world though if it happens on a well struck shot.

[STUDque]

So I've had three long hole outs (two hole-in-ones and one double eagle). Funny story on the first hole-in-one. So the night before the first one I had gone to a party in the middle of a field around a fire. I was in high school so this had to be hidden location. This was one of the first times I had been truly inebriated and before the end of the night I remember someone tackled me and then I had beer poured on my belly after someone had pulled up my sweater. Yeah, one of those nights. In the process I lost my glasses. Next day I went golfing and luckily joined with a friend on the fourth hole. I was wearing my spare glasses which were too weak. Then we get to the fifth hole which was about 165 yard with a green that has significant slopes in the back that run to the front of the green and the green flattens out at the front. The pin was back in the corner, kind of in the bottom of a bowl shaped area. So I hit and lose sight of the ball as it turned into a blur. My friend was like, "I think it went in". I said "I don't know". Because I literally didn't know. He hits and we go up to the green. I grab my putter because I don't believe him. But there it was, in the bottom of the hole. I could see the ball mark about six inches behind the pin and that the ball had rolled in. I didn't feel like I actually hit a hole-in-one though. Not seeing the ball drop in took the excitement away. Don't get me wrong, I understood I had done something most people never do, but I felt shorted. I guess that is the ultimate punishment for losing my glasses the night before and my parents not being happy with me.

 

The second hole out was everything a hole-in-one should be. It happened on the same hole, just with more people. One big bounce into the hole, and I saw it, and all four of us went nuts. It was a well struck shot.

 

The double eagle was slightly different story. I had been having a difficult time my junior year and after getting annoyed on the range I decided I should just go play. So the first hole is a shorter par 5. I hit my drive which was long enough but poorly struck, it left me with about 205 into the green. I hit a thin three iron that land 20 yards short of the green then bounces on the elevated green, rolls, and stopped by the pin. I was not a happy person before I hit it which changed after it went in but I wasn't exactly on cloud nine either because I knew I had hit the shot poorly.

 

All-in-all I feel lucky to have what I do. You feel on top of the world though if it happens on a well struck shot.

That reminded me of the first time I met OJ Simpson

 

 

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[Philly Golf Guy]

The one time it happened for me, it felt great (even though it was for par).  

[dadivots]

Congrats!

Mine was a 235 3 wood for a 225 uphill second on a par 4.

Saved a lousy drive and to this day I think I can do it again, but never have.

A buddy was coming off the green and was jumping up and down pointing at the hole. He was the joker type so we thought he was messing with us. Gave me a beer and life was good.

[BDubya23]

I don't recall any 100+ hole outs, at least that I can remember. I've had a few from around 40-50 yards. It feels good but probably not near as exciting as something from double that distance

[STUDque]

I don't recall any 100+ hole outs, at least that I can remember. I've had a few from around 40-50 yards. It feels good but probably not near as exciting as something from double that distance

I did have one stop inches from the pin at about 55 yards a few weeks back. For the same price, that ball should've just gone in!

 

 

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[Peanut05]

The first two eagles I ever made were hole-outs from about 125 yards.  Since then, I've made a couple more, and have two HIOs.  The second hole-in-one was on a round where I was playing extremely terrible.  It was a tournament where they put all the pins in ridiculous places (like a greenskeeper's revenge type of tournament).  The hole was literally on a big slope.  I hit it and saw it rolling down the hill and I lost site of it.  When we got up there, it was sitting in the hole, so I can only assume it just happened to hit the flagstick on the way down the hill and drop.  That was the only good thing about that day. 

[Yak]

Only happened to me once. I holed a my 2nd shot on a par 4 from about 175 yards out. It was an amazing feeling for sure.

 

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[Zylem]

Mine was a crazy rush. We were playing in a two man scramble and my partner hits a beautiful drive leaving us 115 out and I hit a perfect wedge that lands about 2 yards above the hole and roles back in. That put us 4 under through 2 ( we eagled the par 5 we started on) I think the group on the next tee box were more excited than we were.

 

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[STUDque]

Mine was a crazy rush. We were playing in a two man scramble and my partner hits a beautiful drive leaving us 115 out and I hit a perfect wedge that lands about 2 yards above the hole and roles back in. That put us 4 under through 2 ( we eagled the par 5 we started on) I think the group on the next tee box were more excited than we were.

 

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How'd you finish?

 

 

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[Eseay32]

It feels awesome...however I've only ever seen one go in and it was from 185 for eagle.

I've holed out 6 times...one for an ace and only ever saw one go in. I like to hole out on uphill shots...and there's also a debate if it was me or my teammate that aced a par 4 in a practice round...i was outnumbered in the debate

 

 

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[STUDque]

It feels awesome...however I've only ever seen one go in and it was from 185 for eagle.

I've holed out 6 times...one for an ace and only ever saw one go in. I like to hole out on uphill shots...and there's also a debate if it was me or my teammate that aced a par 4 in a practice round...i was outnumbered in the debate

 

 

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If only we could all have cameras around the greens to chronicle what the ball actually does on the green.

 

One course around me has a security camera set up on one of the par 3's then offers a gift card to the pro shop if you get a HIO. If that ever happened to me, I'd probably save the tape and show it to all my visitors

 

 

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[Weekend_Warrior]

It's awesome. My first hole in one came on a 145 yard hole during a high school golf tourney. My best friend was on the next tee box and watched it hit about 6 inches from the cup and one hop in. Although it is pretty hard to stay focused after that.

 

 

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[Rusty1885]

Ok I didn't get a 100+ yard hole out but it was 40 yard flop with a 64* flew it all the way to the hole take one short hop and check sideway, in it went! And the most awesome of all we played as 5some and all others were on the green. Nothing worse in golf than to hit a great shot and no witnesses. It was for a birdie but it felt like eagle:)

[Jmikecpa]

Feels pretty good. I flew one in the jar yesterday from 109 with a GW for eagle. Haven't jarred one in the fly in several years.

 

 

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[Big money]

Been an eternity ago for me.But I've had 3 aces and holed out for eagle a few times as well.All the shots were totally unexpected.Sure made up for all the other duffs and stumbles on those days

[STUDque]

I did it. I hit a "HiO" from 125y yesterday. It felt like crap.

 

 

After a quick 9, we set up in the rough to hit some balls at an island green across the way. Just a quick "closest to the hole" competition. I hit a good one, landed short, and stopped. I was the only one on the green so I didn't bother to watch it anymore and we got in the carts and rode over to the green. When we get there, there's no ball on the green and one on the fringe. Mine is not the fringe ball. I check the cup and it's in there. I got this stupid look on my face when I realized what had happened.

 

 

 

It felt like crap for 2 reasons:

1) It didn't count in a normal round

2) I didn't even bother to watch it go in and celebrate. I thought it had stopped! UGH!!!

 

 

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[Sluggo42]

No aces for me either.

A few 150+ for eagles, many eagles on par 5's

No double eagles

 

Some things are not meant to be...

[numberonecoog]

My best was from 150 out. There was a high school team practicing in front of me so it was a SLOW round. Hit a beautiful 8 iron. The 2 kids in front heard it hit the pin turn around threw their hands in the air and screamed " ITS IN!!! IT WENT IN!!!!!!!!" 

[bens197]

It's fun. It's even more fun when you hit it past the flag and pull it back on a string. It feels best when you purposefully aim towards a ledge and allow it to funnel back. I have a few and the high fives felt great.

 

 

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[fozcycle]

I have had one Ace and 3 Eagles, from 140, 140 & 154. It feels Great!

 

 

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[golfinnut]

It feels almost as good as a Hole-In-One (I've had 6) but anytime you are not having to take the putter out to finish the hole is a good time in my book.  (you can probably guess I don't have much confidence in my putting right now! HA!) 

[chisag]

It feels almost as good as a Hole-In-One (I've had 6) but anytime you are not having to take the putter out to finish the hole is a good time in my book.  (you can probably guess I don't have much confidence in my putting right now! HA!) 

 

 

... I wouldn't know as I have never had a HIO. I have 2 double eagles, I have holed out from 100 and beyond but no HIO's. I have peppered the hole and spun balls back and lipped out and have landed dead in the hole twice but the ball bounced out both times. My cousin, who has never broken 100 has 3 HIO's!?!? But I guess of all the things in life that cause disappointment, my lack of a HIO is probably so far down the list it doesn't really exist other than well past 1,000 for white peoples problems. 

[Berg Ryman]

First time I hold out from 100+ was one of the coolest. I was playing the course we play our big high school state qualifier on. Holed out from 122 playing by myself, except for my dad.

 

He doesn't play but when I was younger he'd come along and drive the cart and try to understand why I loved this game so much. So that was cool.

[Kanoito]

Funny story... it just happened last weekend:

 

Par 5, from the white tees 444m (or 485 yards)

Holed out 3rd shot from 90m (or 98 yards) with a gap wedge

 

But unfortunately, it was not an eagle, since I topped my tee shot into the first water hazard

 

Not a bad par though