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I was hitting my LW on the rangelast night. I hit my LW about 95 yards and it goes a mile up in the air. A question crossed my mind while watching a ball fly:

If someone else hit a full LW, could you take the ball out of the sky with an open choked 12 gauge?

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I used to shoot competitive skeet, and I doubt it very much unless I was standing right next to the golfer and shooting as the ball went away from me......like a low 7 in skeet.

A competitive clay target, skeet or trap is moving in the neighborhood of 50 mph when it leaves the house. The golf ball, even off a wedge is moving close to twice that......that's almost 50 yds per second, with about 40 yds as the effective range of the shotgun. Factor in the much smaller size of the golf ball with respect to the shotgun pattern, and I sure wouldn't bet on hitting it very often. A passing shot from the side, even less likely.

It'd be fun to try though.

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw

Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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Yes, but I'd prefer a full-choke.

We actually do this, and like David said, it's like shooting low 7 is skeet.
I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted.

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Driver: 2009 S9-1 10.5
19d Hybrid4-SW:2008 FP 58/10 Mizuno MP T-10Putter: White Hot XG Sabertooth
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I saw some Beretta shotgun promo through an e-mail with a professional shooter. This guy hit everything that moved. In the video one of the things he did was he had two or three balls in is right hand and threw them. He then grabbed the shotgun out of his left and hit all three before they hit the ground. Obviously, they were not traveling as fast as if someone hit the ball with a club, but I bet this guy could do it.

I will judge my rounds much more by the quality of my best shots than the acceptability of my worse ones.

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I could probably take out a clay pigeon with a sand wedge...

...PULL

driver: FT-i tlcg 9.5˚ (Matrix Ozik XCONN Stiff)
4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
3 -PW: :Titleist: 695 mb (Rifle flighted 6.0)
wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5

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Hi David- When I was conjuring the image I had the shooter standing next to the golfer and the ball going away. I would really like to see someone try this.

That would definitely be the way to do it. As a right handed shooter, I'd prefer a leftie hitting the golf ball. Given that setup, I'd bet I could hit some.......but I bet I'd miss a bunch too and I agree, you're gonna need a full choke, again, the ball is moving at close to 50 yds per second off the club face.

I don't think that there would be much to see though. The balls are a heckuva lot harder than clay birds and given their size and the shot pattern dispersion, I wouldn't expect too many pellets to hit a single ball. The #8 shot that's most commonly used for target shooting has almost no real penetration at that range so at best you'd probably just scuff up the ball a little.....maybe stick a pellet or two into the outer cover, but I wouldn't expect much else. It'd still be fun to try though......I'm guessing that the local trap/skeet range might be a little more amenable to the experiment than your local driving range would be though!

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw

Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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I saw some Beretta shotgun promo through an e-mail with a professional shooter. This guy hit everything that moved. In the video one of the things he did was he had two or three balls in is right hand and threw them. He then grabbed the shotgun out of his left and hit all three before they hit the ground. Obviously, they were not traveling as fast as if someone hit the ball with a club, but I bet this guy could do it.

Probably Tim Bradley or Tom Knapp. Those guys are just sick.

A youtube search will show you some of their stuff.

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw

Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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Hi David- When I was conjuring the image I had the shooter standing next to the golfer and the ball going away. I would really like to see someone try this.

What is with the obsession with this... I am a target shooter and hunter, yet I have no desire to mix the two sports.

I saw some Beretta shotgun promo through an e-mail with a professional shooter. This guy hit everything that moved. In the video one of the things he did was he had two or three balls in is right hand and threw them. He then grabbed the shotgun out of his left and hit all three before they hit the ground. Obviously, they were not traveling as fast as if someone hit the ball with a club, but I bet this guy could do it.

thrown balls are totally different, much closer, much slower.

It'd still be fun to try though......I'm guessing that the local trap/skeet range might be a little more amenable to the experiment than your local driving range would be though!

yeah... good point. "Can I get a bucket of balls and a box of 12 guage #8's"...

"oh yeah... tell the range picker to stay out of the way for a bit." seriously though... even if some shot hit the ball, it wouldn't be much, and it wouldn't do much... so what's the big deal. I would much rather go shoot sporting clays and shoot at some springing teal, battues, rabits, and otherwise... you know tragets that were designed to be shot and stuff you can tell when shot. or if you want to do something stupid... wouldn't it be cooler to shoot an apple at close range while someone tosses it, or shoot a golfball with a pistol when someone tosses it (making it actually go somewhere).
My Clubs: Callaway FT-i Tour LCG 9.5° w/ Matrix Ozik Xcon 6 stiff; Sonartec GS Tour 14° w/ Graphite Design Red Ice 70 stiff; Adams Idea Pro 2h(18°) & 3h(20°) w/ Aldila VS Proto 80 stiff; Adams Idea Pro Forged 4-PW w/ TT Black Gold stiff; Cleveland CG12 DSG RTG 52°-10° & 58°-10°; Odyssey...
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I think it is great, I must have 100 old balls that are good for nothing. I will have to give that a try next time I go visit my dad out in the middle of nowhere Kansas.

Craig 

Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?

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I just like to shoot stuff. Besides playing golf there is little in this world I derive as much pleasure as shooting things. I never really got into blowing stuff up, but man I like to shoot stuff.

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I just like to shoot stuff. Besides playing golf there is little in this world I derive as much pleasure as shooting things. I never really got into blowing stuff up, but man I like to shoot stuff.

you might want to get that checked out

seriously though... target shooting is great fun, skeet, pistol and otherwise, I just don't get the obsession with a golf ball.
My Clubs: Callaway FT-i Tour LCG 9.5° w/ Matrix Ozik Xcon 6 stiff; Sonartec GS Tour 14° w/ Graphite Design Red Ice 70 stiff; Adams Idea Pro 2h(18°) & 3h(20°) w/ Aldila VS Proto 80 stiff; Adams Idea Pro Forged 4-PW w/ TT Black Gold stiff; Cleveland CG12 DSG RTG 52°-10° & 58°-10°; Odyssey...
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Probably Tim Bradley or Tom Knapp. Those guys are just sick.

The video I have is of Tim Bradley. The gun was the Beretta Extrema 2.

I will judge my rounds much more by the quality of my best shots than the acceptability of my worse ones.

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The video I have is of Tim Bradley. The gun was the Beretta Extrema 2.

I saw that one. The guy was awesome. On the History Channel they did a special where they showed Knapp throwing single apsrin tablets in the air and hitting them with a .22. That was incredible.

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