Share your Shot/Hole Of The Day!

[ncwoz]

2 hours ago, edingc said:

Just when I think I don't need to chase more distance... then I imagine I was playing this hole in a match with you.

You're a lot closer to me than you give yourself credit for! I don't think I'm even a full club longer than you. Also to be fair, this hole ends up playing like a short par 5 from the tips for me because I can't always reliably play a draw off the tee. All the more reason I was pumped to get the birdie!

[JerryB]

My shot of the day was my approach on 18.  I'd been fading my driver all day which sets up great for this hole.  Of course this is the one where I hit it dead straight.  Had a great lie in the adjacent fairway but with a large tree directly in front of me.  Pulled my seven and went with the "90% air" approach.  Put it right through the tree, taking a bunch of leaves along the way and dropped it right on the green.  Three-putted on the freshly punched green, but what a great-feeling shot to go out on.

[Sluggo42]

On 10/3/2022 at 12:27 PM, chisag said:

 

...   too funny. I feel the same looking at my swing. But I can still get it out there 250-280 depending on the day yet 270-300 would be oh so much better. One of the things concerning swing speed that really stuck with me was in his prime DLIII saying when he absolutely needed a long drive, he slowed down his swing just a little to make sure he hit it dead center. Missing the center by 1/4" can lose 5-7 yds and hitting it an inch on the toe can lose 20-28yds!  We have all played with someone else (cough) that hits a big drive and comments "I wish I could do that every time but I don't know what I did different?" Easy, they hit the center. I think most golfers would gain more distance off the tee concentrating on ideal contact than increasing their swing speed. Younger players of course can chase more swing speed as long as they hone the rest of their game too. 

This point is exactly why I’m so interested in the TSr 2 driver. I’m so all over the face right now I want the most forgiving face there is. Last week I would have said a 3, but that’s fools gold for an aging erratic wild swinger. My mavrik is not forgiving at all, and is perfect proof that when your swing goes south, you need all the help you can get…

[chisag]

... Paired up with this "played high school" golfer in his early 40's that just bombed it off the tee yesterday. 5'9" and maybe 165 with a buggy whip swing and was hitting his 3 wood 20+ yds past my driver. On one hole I saw him use driver but lost it in the clouds and I hit a really good drive about 275 (desert roll included). After hitting my approach I started walking to the green looking on both sides for his ball and saw him drive his cart down the fairway to a ball a good 50 yds ahead. We calculated a 340 yd drive. A no doubt the shot of the day. 

[Sluggo42]

 But, shot of the day!

hit a 7-wood out of a fairway bunker 175 yards to about 12 feet- but missed the birdie of course

on the #1 handicap hole… it was lovely!

[Sluggo42]

Hole of the day…

crushed a drive, 3/4 SW, 6” birdie…

bam

[Bang60]

Driver off the first 250 metres baby draw just love it, 5 years since I’ve hit that long with my TS2 10.5 with Motore F3 shaft. Shank 2nd chip to 5 feet sink the putt …

Edited October 7, 2022 by Bang60
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[kzed18]

First ever!!!!!

[Rickp]

1 minute ago, kzed18 said:

First ever!!!!!

Congratulations!!!

[chisag]

Just now, Rickp said:

Congratulations!!!

 

... Do Not Encourage These HIO Posts!!! If we just ignore them, maybe they will stop posting about their HIO's. (If I ever do miraculously have a HIO, of course I may will feel differently) 

[Rickp]

3 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Do Not Encourage These HIO Posts!!! If we just ignore them, maybe they will stop posting about their HIO's. (If I ever do miraculously have a HIO, of course I may will feel differently) 

Yours is on its way soon!!!

[JerryB]

Congrats @kzed18!

[chisag]

14 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Yours is on its way soon!!!

 

... Everyone has been saying that for the last 30 years.   Surprisingly I have played with other single digit index players and several + index players that don't have one either. But it is rare for me to run across a higher index player that doesn't have one. Just one of the awesome gifts of this game. 

[CarlH]

I was going to post about the par 3 today playing 122 that landed just shy of the hole, spun back 20 feet to the fringe and then made the putt for a birdie, but after seeing @kzed18's magnificent hole in one, I'll just stay quiet.  Well done @kzed18

[CarlH]

25 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Everyone has been saying that for the last 30 years.   Surprisingly I have played with other single digit index players and several + index players that don't have one either. But it is rare for me to run across a higher index player that doesn't have one. Just one of the awesome gifts of this game. 

I've seen the same phenomenon.  Someone once told me that the difference is because a poorly struck ball will have a better chance of rolling into the hole as opposed to a well struck ball that has sufficient spin to either spin back or stop quickly.  Don't know if that's valid or not, but it sort of makes sense.  But, you're right.  I know a lot of scratch to low single digit players that have never aced a par 3 yet the 24 handicap player has 4 or 5 aces.  Pretty amazing.

 

[chisag]

1 hour ago, CarlH said:

I've seen the same phenomenon.  Someone once told me that the difference is because a poorly struck ball will have a better chance of rolling into the hole as opposed to a well struck ball that has sufficient spin to either spin back or stop quickly.  Don't know if that's valid or not, but it sort of makes sense.  But, you're right.  I know a lot of scratch to low single digit players that have never aced a par 3 yet the 24 handicap player has 4 or 5 aces.  Pretty amazing.

 

... We play a difficult par 3 where I normally use a 7 or 6 iron. Pretty much a one hop and stop hole unless into the wind then it spins back a little. My high index playing pard hit his 4 hybrid that landed a good 20 feet short and then rolled in like a putt for his only HIO. And it was a really good shot as he can hit some really bad ones on this hole. He rubs it in when he gets the chance and of course I absolutely deserve it. 

... I am usually around 40-50 yds past him off the tee but when even farther I love to wave my arm in an exaggerated way saying "Hey Paul I am waaaaaaay up here!"  One day we were playing an unfamiliar course and I pulled my drive a little but hit it dead solid into the sun so we didn't see it land. We were looking in the left rough just off the fairway as we all had it around the same spot. Paul takes a cart while we walk and he drove back to look and we heard him scream while waving his arm in an exaggerated way "Hey Sam you are waaaaaaay back here!" I had hit a skinny palm tree and it rolled backwards 50 yards. Karma. We all had a pretty good laugh over that one. 

[Bang60]

4 hours ago, kzed18 said:

First ever!!!!!

 

 

How many drinks did you buy?

[Kenny B]

4 hours ago, kzed18 said:

First ever!!!!!

Congratulations!!  Feels good to get the first one out of the way, doesn't it?  Don't pay any attention to the slackers!!  

[sirchunksalot]

4 hours ago, kzed18 said:

First ever!!!!!

Congratulations!

[gavinski91]

Not a HIO, but I did set a new personal best with the big stick today. 

[Kenny B]

12 minutes ago, gavinski91 said:

Not a HIO, but I did set a new personal best with the big stick today. 

Nice!  Looks like it would miss all those apple trees.  

[MattF]

16 hours ago, kzed18 said:

First ever!!!!!

Congratulations!

[edingc]

"Boring" par, just like it should be. This was one of the purest drives I've hit all season. Beautiful tight draw. Cleared the trees that pinch the fairway at 250 and caught the downslope out the flat area in front of the green.

[Dog Faced Pony Soldier]

Played Rock Spring in West Orange NJ yesterday. The place is on top of a hill; and it was windy. The wind coming off the left got in my head on the first tee, and I pulled the drive into the woods on the left side. This left me no clear shot at the pin so I punched out to the front of the green. Ended up chipping it in from 20 yds away. Nice start to my day! 

Edited October 10, 2022 by Dog Faced Pony Soldier

[JerryB]

This is my "luck rather than skill" submission, lol.  Hooked my driver and it clipped a tree keeping it from the cornfield OB.  Hit my 7 wood too far to the right and it stopped on the downslope to the big waste area.  Had I hit where I thought I was aiming it would have been in the hazard.  Then I skulled my wedge directly into the bank of the raised green which got the ball to pop up and land on the back of the green. 

Then my luck ran out and the skill failed to take over so I three putted for bogey, ha!

[JerryB]

My shot of the day was a little lob over a bunker to a short sided pin.  Managed to drop it exactly where I was aiming and it trickled just past the hole for a tap-in par save.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Hole of the day is one that didn't have a long drive by any means as I'll admit we had a group ahead of us and I had to throttle back a bit, however it still landed me in a great position. I had always been right on this hole and usually under this one stupid tree having to punch out so this time I made sure to be on the left side of the fairway and had a nice 8 iron in. Ended up pulling it a bit to the right, however still landed on the green and made  monster putt that had two smaller breaks in it. Fun day even though the scores didn't quite align for a breaking 80 round, but still mean I had a good time on the course and in the end hit a lot of good shots. 

[GolfSpy TCB]

4 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Hole of the day is one that didn't have a long drive by any means as I'll admit we had a group ahead of us and I had to throttle back a bit, however it still landed me in a great position. I had always been right on this hole and usually under this one stupid tree having to punch out so this time I made sure to be on the left side of the fairway and had a nice 8 iron in. Ended up pulling it a bit to the right, however still landed on the green and made  monster putt that had two smaller breaks in it. Fun day even though the scores didn't quite align for a breaking 80 round, but still mean I had a good time on the course and in the end hit a lot of good shots. 

51 foot double breaker for birdie... NICE!

[Sluggo42]

First off, congrats KZED 18!

my shot of the day was after a decent drive that left me on a bit of a side hill. I swing a 5 wood at that leave and topped it, leaving me 180, out of a heavy grass lie.

pulled out the trusty 7-wood epic max, and put it 12’ from the pin. Come to think of it, I also had anothe 7-wood save after a drive nicked a tree and killed it. So the 7-wood had a great day that saved a couple pars

[JerryB]

I had tree trouble on hole 16 today, about 130 out with overhanging branches.  Pulled out the 5 iron and hit one that stayed low and wound up rolling just past the cup.  I've always had trouble with these low punches and it was a good feeling to hit it just the way I wanted!