Share your Shot/Hole Of The Day!

[revkev]

Played ghastly on Sunday. On 14 I told my son that I was going to start stepping through my shots because, why not? I was on my way to a score in the high 80’s at the time.

 

Hit a very nice 8 iron to 15 feet, missed the putt but then hit 9 wood from 165 to 4 feet and 8 iron from 141 to 5 feet, back to back birdies. (Opposite wind directions). Both shots were all over the pin, ending up directly behind the hole from the tee. 

[ParFore74x]

This shot is definitely stuck in my head. 136 yds out to a front pin and in the rough with a slight uphill that takes the surface of the green out of view. Went with 9 iron which is usually around 140-145 for me. Ball came out of the rough perfectly, sounded like a perfect ball strike to me. Straight and high right at the green. Once I crested the small hill and saw my ball about 12’ behind the hole, I was pretty happy with my club choice. As I got closer I noticed the ball mark and was thinking “if only it went a couple feet to the right”.  

[MattWillGolf]

My shot of the day was on the only hole I parred, number 8. I didn’t hit my driver far but was in the fairway so I’ll take it. My second shot was the shot of the round. It was a nice drawing 4 iron to 18 feet and 2 putted for par. It beat out a nice drawing 7 iron on number 4 to 15 feet. But this was my 3rd shot as I had to punch out from the rough from behind a tree. Two putted for bogey. 

[gavinski91]

Followed up a bad drive with a chunked hybrid, and was left with 160 yards in with trees in the way. Had a gap in the trees off to the right, so went for the huge slinger draw and actually managed to pull it off (my standard shot shape is a fade/cut). Started 40 yards right of the pin and came all the way around to hit the right side of the green. Even managed to drain the 20-foot downhill putt for my only birdie of the round!

[tommc23]

The course I played today with a hole that slopes hard and if you are on the right hand side can play tough. Hit a 5i off the tee leaving me 180 in and my distances of my clubs are down a club plus from last year so I hit my 5i again. Stuff it to within 10 feet. 340 par 4 on the green with two 5i and left the birdie putt short. The greens were soft and the 5i checked and one bounced.

[Golfspy_CG2]

Can’t believe I didn’t post in this thread last Thursday.  I was too busy shoooing people away from the bar, so my tab didn’t get outrageous

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

[Rickp]

1 minute ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Can’t believe I didn’t post in this thread last Thursday.  I was too busy shoooing people away from the bar, so my tab didn’t get outrageous

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

That’s great!!!  The Flag nice touch!

[cnosil]

3 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

congrats;  should have bought PXG clubs a long time ago....maybe I need some of those if they get a hole in one.  

[Golfspy_CG2]

1 minute ago, cnosil said:

congrats;  should have bought PXG clubs a long time ago....maybe I need some of those if they get a hole in one.  

From everything I’ve read on their FB page.  I think it’s a guarantee that you will shoot a personal best or get a hike in one within your first couple rounds.  

[sirchunksalot]

9 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Can’t believe I didn’t post in this thread last Thursday.  I was too busy shoooing people away from the bar, so my tab didn’t get outrageous

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

Congratulations Rob! 

[bens197]

Rob this is awesome!  All-class as well for the HIO flag...nice touch.

[Golfspy_CG2]

52 minutes ago, Rickp said:

That’s great!!!  The Flag nice touch!

 

38 minutes ago, bens197 said:

Rob this is awesome!  All-class as well for the HIO flag...nice touch.

Thanks guys. 

I’ve got two of them now   

hopefully I’ll be able to paper my whole wall with them some day

[chisag]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

hopefully I’ll be able to paper my whole wall with them some day

 

... If you run out of room you are welcome to store it on my wall. As you know, it's blank. 

[MattF]

8 hours ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Can’t believe I didn’t post in this thread last Thursday.  I was too busy shoooing people away from the bar, so my tab didn’t get outrageous

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

Son of a ... congratulations I guess. 

[ParFore74x]

21 hours ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Can’t believe I didn’t post in this thread last Thursday.  I was too busy shoooing people away from the bar, so my tab didn’t get outrageous

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

That’s outstanding! Congratulations. 

[golfinnut]

On 7/5/2022 at 10:02 PM, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Can’t believe I didn’t post in this thread last Thursday.  I was too busy shoooing people away from the bar, so my tab didn’t get outrageous

129 yard 2nd hole. PXG Gen 5 9 iron with Prov1X 

 

 

Sheesh .... took you long enough!  I mean you play that course, I don't know, A LOT!  HA!  Congrats man!  I need to come play CP again.  Love the flag ... awesome touch.  

BTW ... since when are you playing PXG?? 

[Kenny B]

10 hours ago, golfinnut said:

 

Sheesh .... took you long enough!  I mean you play that course, I don't know, A LOT!  HA!  Congrats man!  I need to come play CP again.  Love the flag ... awesome touch.  

BTW ... since when are you playing PXG?? 

I didn't know that you and Rob had played CP.  Why didn't you tell me?!  I'm always here at my home course!!  

[Golfspy_CG2]

11 hours ago, golfinnut said:

 

Sheesh .... took you long enough!  I mean you play that course, I don't know, A LOT!  HA!  Congrats man!  I need to come play CP again.  Love the flag ... awesome touch.  

BTW ... since when are you playing PXG?? 

Actually it was my 2nd there.  So there’s that.  Ha  yep anytime, you know where it is    
I went for a full bag fitting at the Fairfax store.  I was really impressed with what I saw out of the SteelFiber shafts.  I’ve always wanted to try them and I haven’t seen them as an option with Titleist.  So now was as good of time as ever.

They are really good, live up to the hype or you can believe it  

 

 

[mynerds]

Hit my new LTDx Max driver off the tee on the 294 yard 4th absolutely dead center. The GPS on my phone wasn't working, but might have been my best drive ever around ~250 yards. My playing partners have seen how far I've come from not being able to hit my driver at all to that, and started asking for tips on the 5th tee box . Pitched onto the green and two-putted (with a real shot at a birdie) for par.

Having a good first shot really takes a lot of pressure off!

[Muckinfiddle]

After a cross country route on the par 5, 12th hole, I hit a 86 yard shot that hopped once and into the hole for eagle. 

[PMookie]

The 17th hole at our public course is a LONG par 5 that is RARELY hit in 2, and I’ve only done it once in 20+ years. Yesterday I absolutely smashed a drive that got me JUST around the corner of the slight dogleg, leaving me 280 to the pin. Hitting the green in 2 is difficult because the oaks over hang a bit into the fairway so one has to move the ball 5-10 yards, depending on which side of the “corner” they’re on. Well, I took out the Cobra King Tec hybrid, turned-down to 16*, and absolutely SMASHED it as hard as I could. My playing partners were so excited because they’d NEVER seen someone hit the green in 2. Well, this hybrid is ridiculous. Pin high…. Just off the left side! Ugh! SO close. Played a little more draw than I expected! 53 years old and I had a 325 yard drive, with a 280 16*!!!! I’ll take that!!! Two shots in-a-row that were almost perfect!

[bens197]

Played 9 yesterday with Dad and my brother.  I really stunk up the joint but finished the final hole with a nice sequence.  It’s summer up here and starting to dry out…even better, the course is all granite so it just grabs water like a sponge…470 yard slight dog leg left and plays as a 5 on the card.

Driver 9 iron from 130 yards into a medium wind and out of a snug rough to 15’. 

MEZZ.1 did it’s thing and made me a birdie 3 to finish out a trash round of 40 with 2 doubles and 2 bogeys.

Let’s say the putt was the shot of the day

 

[chisag]

43 minutes ago, bens197 said:

did it’s thing and made me a birdie 3 to finish out a trash round of 40 with 2 doubles and 2 bogeys.

 

... Obviously a big part of the game is scoring when your swing is absent from your normal tempo and feel. I have been going through that lately recovering from illness and shooting a trash 74 where I did not hit a single shot that I felt was with my normal swing. Yet playing with golfers shooting 90 or higher that think an excessive draw hit on the toe and runs an extra 40 yds leaving a wedge to the pin while they have hybrids is a "monster drive" while I am feeling like a complete hack. It would be too arrogant and rude to say "Naw I missed it pretty badly" so you just suck it up and keep it to yourself. I know some probably won't understand but when you play at a high level like you have and then struggle to make solid contact and the swing just feels off, even a little off, you would probably rather shoot a 76 with a good swing and hitting some poor shots solidly than you would shoot a 72 and the whole round is a grind and you never hit any shots like you know you are capable. Just because I hit a 7 iron thin, that lands short of the green and rolls top to 1 foot doesn't mean I received any gratification from that birdie.

... To be clear if it happens in the middle of a round when I am playing well I am ecstatic my miss turned out so well but if it is just more of the same the entire day and I just got lucky, there is no joy in Mudville. All that said, ending with a good birdie putt is about as nice a shade of lipstick as you can put on your pig. 

[CarlH]

My shot of the day came on #11, a long par 5 that until today has given me fits trying to make birdie.  Today, I hit a knock down 9 iron past the hole and had it spin back about 8 feet to stop 6 inches from the hole.  Tapped in the birdie putt....so close to an eagle on the hole, though.

[bens197]

3 hours ago, chisag said:

 

... Obviously a big part of the game is scoring when your swing is absent from your normal tempo and feel. I have been going through that lately recovering from illness and shooting a trash 74 where I did not hit a single shot that I felt was with my normal swing. Yet playing with golfers shooting 90 or higher that think an excessive draw hit on the toe and runs an extra 40 yds leaving a wedge to the pin while they have hybrids is a "monster drive" while I am feeling like a complete hack. It would be too arrogant and rude to say "Naw I missed it pretty badly" so you just suck it up and keep it to yourself. I know some probably won't understand but when you play at a high level like you have and then struggle to make solid contact and the swing just feels off, even a little off, you would probably rather shoot a 76 with a good swing and hitting some poor shots solidly than you would shoot a 72 and the whole round is a grind and you never hit any shots like you know you are capable. Just because I hit a 7 iron thin, that lands short of the green and rolls top to 1 foot doesn't mean I received any gratification from that birdie.

... To be clear if it happens in the middle of a round when I am playing well I am ecstatic my miss turned out so well but if it is just more of the same the entire day and I just got lucky, there is no joy in Mudville. All that said, ending with a good birdie putt is about as nice a shade of lipstick as you can put on your pig. 

It’s so true…and something I wish I’d focused on earlier in my playing days…on a bad day, your putter can save, salvage or transform a bad round.  This was the case yesterday.  

 

Back at it this week and begin the wrap-up for my LAB putter test.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

1 hour ago, bens197 said:

It’s so true…and something I wish I’d focused on earlier in my playing days…on a bad day, your putter can save, salvage or transform a bad round.  This was the case yesterday.  

 

Back at it this week and begin the wrap-up for my LAB putter test.

Exactly opposite with me past few rounds. Great play outside of the green and I shot so much bigger with the really bad putting.

amazing what the flat stick does for a round

[ncwoz]

Was admittedly fighting my swing a lot yesterday, but golf has a way of giving you a reason to come back!

Two shots of the day were on the same par 5 - drive was piped 315 dead down the middle. Rolled out all of about 2 feet, so all carry I'm not upset with that!

Had 155 to a back pin, 160 was back of the green. My full 9 is 160, so I choked up to take a couple yards off. Pushed it right into the junk, and didn't see any stakes and wasn't sure if I'd find it.

Hit a provisional which ended up being one of the best full approach shots I've ever hit. It was tracking towards the hole the entire way, pitched about 3 yards past the hole and came back to a foot above the hole for one of my all time best up and down par saves!

Not gonna lie, I'm a little glad it didn't go in the cup haha. I would have had a "well I didn't technically hit an albatross but..." kind of a story, I'd rather just get one straight up some day and not need any qualifiers

[Middler]

In a threesome last Wed, playing a par 4, all three of us were over the green on our approach shot, lying 2. All of us were about 10 yards off the green with about 10 yards of green to work with. First guy runs his chip by though close to hitting the pin. I’m next and lob/dribble my chip in for birdie - yay. Last guy hits his a little hard but it hits the pin square and drops in for birdie - double yay. All of us are 12-17 GHIN, so highly unusual.

[cnosil]

One of the nice things about being a forum tester for the Shot Scope ProLX+ is that I can now post hole pictures illustrating my shots.   Gotta go with my second shot on this hole as my shot of the day.   Pushed my 3 wood off the tee and then hit a perfect 3 wood that ended up just off the back of the green.  

 

[chisag]

... Not my shot of the day but I love to cry baby about how difficult par 3's are for scoring, especially compared to par 5's, so this is about Jordan Smiths shot on a par 3 everyday this week at the Scottish Open. He went 2-1-2-2 over 4 days and won a Genesis for his HIO. 7 strokes in 4 days going 5 under on one par 3. I have to think this is a record that will never be broken.