What is your biggest golf achievement?

[xOldBenKenobiX]

I was thinking about what I've have accomplished on the course since I started playing golf. 

I was the league champion from my work in 2018.

My lonely sports trophy. 

Share your accomplishments fellow spies. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Tough question.

I won my golf league a few times, but I think last year breaking par for the first time was my biggest achievement. This year I blew that away with doing it a few times already. I think once you have that initial breakthrough of any accomplishment the anxiety and stress just becomes negligible and you are more relaxed to just play the game.

I do like your trophy. Mine are the same old boring types. 

[HardcoreLooper]

Good question.

I never won anything as a junior except for the staff tournament at the club where I worked.  And all the good players had gone off to college, so not that much of an accomplishment.

In my mid 30s, I made my club's team for the city interclub invitational, which we won.  That was pretty cool.

Later that same year, my dad and I won his member-guest.  Definitely my biggest win up to that point.  We've also finished second and made the playoff a few other times, but haven't won it again.  

Then a few years ago, my older daughter and I won the area Father-Child tournament.  More important than that win with my dad?  I think so.

Next up is to win the Father-Child with my younger daughter.  This year, we beat last year's score by three shots.  She keeps getting better... I just hope I don't get any worse 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

12 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Tough question.

I won my golf league a few times, but I think last year breaking par for the first time was my biggest achievement. This year I blew that away with doing it a few times already. I think once you have that initial breakthrough of any accomplishment the anxiety and stress just becomes negligible and you are more relaxed to just play the game.

I do like your trophy. Mine are the same old boring types. 

Being the first trophy I won in 20 years, since high school, I am pretty happy, I need to get me a few more.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

10 hours ago, HardcoreLooper said:

Good question.

I never won anything as a junior except for the staff tournament at the club where I worked.  And all the good players had gone off to college, so not that much of an accomplishment.

In my mid 30s, I made my club's team for the city interclub invitational, which we won.  That was pretty cool.

Later that same year, my dad and I won his member-guest.  Definitely my biggest win up to that point.  We've also finished second and made the playoff a few other times, but haven't won it again.  

Then a few years ago, my older daughter and I won the area Father-Child tournament.  More important than that win with my dad?  I think so.

Next up is to win the Father-Child with my younger daughter.  This year, we beat last year's score by three shots.  She keeps getting better... I just hope I don't get any worse 

Good luck on the Father- Child tournament, winning with your child is a complete different feeling.

I am hoping that now that he is a pre teen, my son will want to take the game more serious and invest some time in it, so we can enter father child tournaments our self's.

 

[GolfSpy MPR]

Every so often, I beat Kirke in a putting contest.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

45 minutes ago, GolfSpy MPR said:

Every so often, I beat Kirke in a putting contest.

I hope those putting contests come with some good wagering and bragging rights.

[M.Duchesne]

Has worked as a student job washing balls at my local range at the age 15 ,having a sandwich for lunch ,and driving a Velox taking a dangerous highway to get to my work everyday for 2 years without missing one.And later on Worked at Chuck Brown Golf Canada in st Hubert...also as a summer job for 2 years

[MyWifesSwingCoach]

I have two, my Hole In One and the time in high school when I medaled with my personal best 76. Can't wait to see what happens when my Wife and daughters start getting serious.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

3 hours ago, MyWifesSwingCoach said:

I have two, my Hole In One and the time in high school when I medaled with my personal best 76. Can't wait to see what happens when my Wife and daughters start getting serious.

I want my son to get serious, but I don't want to push him, he just outgrown his "kids" set, and it is getting some time with my full set of Hogan's. 

Fingers crossed 

Edited July 31, 2020 by xOldBenKenobiX

[HardcoreLooper]

6 hours ago, MyWifesSwingCoach said:

Can't wait to see what happens when my Wife and daughters start getting serious.

Thanks for getting your daughters into the game.  We need more girls playing golf.

[Ploobear]

In 4th grade, I hit my one and only hole in one. It was #7 I think at Kukuiolono Golf Course on Kauai. From the normal tee, it's a straight forward par 3 over a ditch, maybe 140 yards, but from the kid's tee, it's a blind dogleg right. Super strong wind and some rain from the left that is always there because it's the mountains in Hawaii. My dad told me to just hit it as hard as I could at this tree in the middle of the hillside so I did. It went perfectly at the tree and started getting pushed toward the hole by the wind. When we were driving up, no one could find my bright orange ball, so my dad jokingly said to check the hole. I was so excited when I ran up and found it in there. I don't want to say that was my peak, but that was totally my peak.

[DiscipleofPenick]

2 hole outs for eagle from about 70 yards, both were par 5s.

Shooting -1 under 71 with 5 birdies.

3 birdies in a row.

Most broken clubs during high school tryouts.

Shooting 35-48 to epically blow a tournament.

Take Dead Aim

[808nation]

Breaking 80 twice, once shooting even par 72 it was euphoric.

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[josmi15]

May not be anything to brag about, but a few years back I played in a tournament. I used to get real nervous golfing in front of people that I don’t know.

For the first four holes I was actually playing well, then I 4 putted on a very hard hole location and I felt my confidence shatter. I had a disastrous rest of the round.

My biggest golf achievement in my opinion was that I came back for day two.

I didn’t finish last, because there were people that DNF. I use this story to teach my kids. No matter how tough it gets, to never give up and never quit.



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[Reesedw]

My old golf league had 2 divisions. 1 was Hdcp of 17 or better and the was 18 and above. I won both of them. And when I won the 17 and under division during our league championship we always would throw $20 into a pot to cover kp's, long drive, low net, and low putts. When I won I won the division and about $240 cash, the only one I didn't win was kp.... miss that league.. lol..

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[Letthebigdogshunt]

I have three holes in one, won the senior club championship twice and got down to a 5 hdc with all scores on the hdc card in the 70's. But probably it is winning multiple tournaments with my wife in couples competition. At least that is the biggest thing I have done in golf in my opinion. 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

17 hours ago, Ploobear said:

In 4th grade, I hit my one and only hole in one. It was #7 I think at Kukuiolono Golf Course on Kauai. From the normal tee, it's a straight forward par 3 over a ditch, maybe 140 yards, but from the kid's tee, it's a blind dogleg right. Super strong wind and some rain from the left that is always there because it's the mountains in Hawaii. My dad told me to just hit it as hard as I could at this tree in the middle of the hillside so I did. It went perfectly at the tree and started getting pushed toward the hole by the wind. When we were driving up, no one could find my bright orange ball, so my dad jokingly said to check the hole. I was so excited when I ran up and found it in there. I don't want to say that was my peak, but that was totally my peak.

That is awesome. 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

12 hours ago, Tsmithjr9 said:

2 hole outs for eagle from about 70 yards, both were par 5s.

Shooting -1 under 71 with 5 birdies.

3 birdies in a row.

Most broken clubs during high school tryouts.

Shooting 35-48 to epically blow a tournament.

Take Dead Aim
 

 

A very fun list

Edited August 1, 2020 by xOldBenKenobiX

[xOldBenKenobiX]

10 hours ago, 808nation said:

Breaking 80 twice, once shooting even par 72 it was euphoric.

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I'm working on breaking 80 sooner than later. 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

On 8/1/2020 at 8:10 AM, josmi15 said:

May not be anything to brag about, but a few years back I played in a tournament. I used to get real nervous golfing in front of people that I don’t know.

For the first four holes I was actually playing well, then I 4 putted on a very hard hole location and I felt my confidence shatter. I had a disastrous rest of the round.

My biggest golf achievement in my opinion was that I came back for day two.

I didn’t finish last, because there were people that DNF. I use this story to teach my kids. No matter how tough it gets, to never give up and never quit.



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I finished dead last, two years in a row, for our city championship, 2012 and 2013.

Edited August 3, 2020 by xOldBenKenobiX

[xOldBenKenobiX]

7 hours ago, Reesedw said:

My old golf league had 2 divisions. 1 was Hdcp of 17 or better and the was 18 and above. I won both of them. And when I won the 17 and under division during our league championship we always would throw $20 into a pot to cover kp's, long drive, low net, and low putts. When I won I won the division and about $240 cash, the only one I didn't win was kp.... miss that league.. lol..

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That sounds like a great league to be on. 

[Joker]

Won my flight in the club championship last year

 

 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

17 hours ago, Joker said:

Won my flight in the club championship last year

 

 

That was awesome, well done

[M.Duchesne]

My biggest golf achievement is having worked at the age of 15 washing balls at our local range for 2 seasons lifting 300 hundreds pound barels full of practice balls to fulfill the washing machine uppers , then at age 20 working for Chuck Brown Golf Canada again 2 seasons in the (1980's) selling first Hogan's radius soles clubs irons and Ping's eyes 2 ,,boxes of Persimmons oil hardened woods ,,fitting hundred sets and learn to be a humble gentlemen...

 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

This ones tough because I have not played in anything crazy, no club championships or big tournaments.

i will say either A) in a short period.(have not been playing golf very long) got into single digit handicap and getting lower every year. Or B) this just happened after realizing I had a negative attack with driver which took a significant distance away from me. I hit 338 off the tee the other day, PB and am consistently close or over 300. Took some serious work this off season 

[Buffly]

@xOldBenKenobiX my achievements are not in any competition. 

 4/22/2018 Hole in one 

Dec 2019 Eagle on a par 5

That's it for me

[WaffleHouseTour]

While my lowest round is a 76, and I had a 78 this summer to go with a handful of 79s, this last week I shot an 80 and it felt like my best round ever.  Mammoth Dunes in Wisconsin.  A fantastic David Mclay Kidd track.  It was my first time there and I had a Vulcan mind meld with my caddie. Dropped in three birdies among five one putts.  Tells you there were a couple big numbers too. But walking up the 18th I finally added up my score ( actually going 17 holes without focusing on my score may actually be my biggest accomplishment...) and thought I needed a par ro shoot 79. Well, I got my par, but it wasn’t until the first bumps and congratulations were over that I realized it was a par 73, not a 72. I’d shot 7 over to shoot 80.  First 80 I’m not disappointed by.  I’ll be reveling in this one for a while. 

[RobbyT]

For me it would be winning 3 junior state championships.

[Martinjfs]

Shooting 79 on an extremely windy day at Yas Links, a Golf Digest too 50 course. I actually almost went home after the front 9. Not my lowest score but, my most satisfying.