Jump to content
IGNORED

Sure, you've had a birdie, eagle, or maybe even an albatross but...

bong_crosby

By bong_crosby,
in Golf Talk

 Share
Note: This thread is 5110 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Recommended Posts

bong_crosby Well Established Member

bong_crosby

have you ever had a goose? There were three geese hanging out at our driving range at about the 180 yard mark. I could see 'em out there but didn't pay any attention...what were the chances. Sure enough, I pureed a six-iron and hit one on the fly. It must have heard the ball coming because before the ball got there it jumped and flapped a little but the dodge was futile and I beaned it square in the side. It didn't seem to affect the bird too much because it kept on munching the grass and flew away about ten minutes later.

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Dr. Strangeclub Well Established Member

Dr. Strangeclub

Almost got a "water loon" once. Well, actually DID get him, but fortunately he didn't die on the spot. He was watering the green, walked over and stood by the pin, waved us up and kept on watering. I'm sure he felt he was safe, but I caught him on the side of the neck on the fly with a 4-iron as he looked up to see what I was yelling "FORE!!" about. Down for a count of 8, but he took the punch pretty well and went back to watering when we left the hole.

"If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up." Tommy Bolt
Insight XTD 9.5°, Insight 14.5°, X16 P-4iron, Edge 3H

Powerbuilt 2iron and SW, Cleveland 54°, Odyssey Rossi II

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

clearwaterms Great Member

clearwaterms

Almost got a "water loon" once. Well, actually DID get him, but fortunately he didn't die on the spot. He was watering the green, walked over and stood by the pin, waved us up and kept on watering. I'm sure he felt he was safe, but I caught him on the side of the neck on the fly with a 4-iron as he looked up to see what I was yelling "FORE!!" about. Down for a count of 8, but he took the punch pretty well and went back to watering when we left the hole.

do you play it where it drops or do you get a free relief due to the man made obtruction?

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water

Link to comment
Share on other sites

aca247 Dedicated Member

aca247

ive killed a turtle which was mainly a freak accident and my dad has killed a duck
DriverMonster Hi-Bore XLS/w Mintsubishi Diamana Fit-On M Gold Stiff 55g
Woods906F4 3 Wood/w Aldila VS Proto Fairway Stiff 80g
Hybrid3dx red 20 and 23 degree
Irons3dx red 5-pw
Wedgesharmonized sand wedge 56 degree loft and harmonize lob wedge 60 degree loftPutterWhite Hot XG SabertoothBallNoddle or ...
Link to comment
Share on other sites

scottevans77 Well Established Member

scottevans77

I killed a pigeon practicing in my parents' back yard, shortly after I started playing. I like to say that was my first birdie.

In My Bag:
SQ Dymo2 10.5
SQ Dymo2 15
a2 3-PW
Tom Watson Wedges 52, 56, 60 Unitized Retro 33"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

DonW Established Member

DonW

Years ago my wife hit a line drive off the tee of a long par 3 right into the side of a goose as it was lounging on the right rough about fifty yards out, thing barely moved just turned to look at what hit it, didn't seem to be hurt at all. The good thing was it kept her ball from going into the water that runs down the right edge of the hole, she put her second shot onto the green and nearly holed her first put for a par, best she ever played that hole as she was so distracted at the thought of hitting that goose she didn't think about how much she hated that hole as she never could reach it from the tee.
ogio.gifedge bag
titleist.gifdriver 10.5* 907D1, 15* 906f2, 18* 906f2
wilson_staff.gif21* hybrid, 3-PW PI7, TW9 wedges
wilson_staff.gif: 8802, 8813, or Arnold Palmer Original
wilson_staff.gifX1 or 50
Link to comment
Share on other sites

James_Black Great Member

James_Black

I killed a pigeon practicing in my parents' back yard, shortly after I started playing. I like to say that was my first birdie.

I hit a pigeon too, ball bounced and hit it so it was ok i guess

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

alf174 Great Member

alf174

Yep, nailed a goose right square in the chest at a muni near me that has big problems with northern geese on the 17th hole. It lifted her up off the ground about 6 inches, her wings spread out, and she let go of a monstrous honk. She stumbled around about 10 seconds and finally shook it off. Those birds have so much down and fat on their chests its no wonder a 12ga 3-1/2 dram load is needed to bring them down.

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred." Woody Allen
My regular pasture.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

user9800 Established Member

user9800

I nailed a goose right in the side with my driver. I hit a wicked worm burner. That goose didnt even honk, it just walked away pissed off. LOL

____________________________________________

nike.gifTour
ping.gifG10 Driver 9*
ping.gifG10 3Wood 15.5*ping.gifG10 5Wood 18.5*ping.gifG10 Irons 4- PWping.gifTour Wedges 50*, 56*, 60*odyssey.gifPutter 33" Sabertoothbridgestone.gifBall E6

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Shindig Incredible Member

Shindig

I think Tom Kite hit a bird of some sort once, by accident. I think it cost him a tournament: 2001 FleetBoston Classic, if I remember correctly.

Tripp Isenhour hit one, too, but his story is a lot different.

To the best of my knowledge, the only non-plant living thing I've ever hit on a golf course is myself.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Awards, Achievements, and Accolades
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

sean_miller Incredible Member

sean_miller

ive killed a turtle which was mainly a freak accident and my dad has killed a duck

I grew up on a mixed farm (grain, hay, cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, etc) and we had to kill a lot of things - you're welcome. While golfing, I've been hit in the chest with a 3-iron (thanks bro!) and I've probably scorched a few worms off the tee. I think the OP was in for some strange events after he "pureed" his 6-iron.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

lhshurdl3r Well Established Member

lhshurdl3r

Similar to Randy Johnson killing a bird with a fastball ( )

Hit a goose flying across the fairway with my tee shot ... it immediately dropped the ground, stumbled around for a couple minutes and took off again to catch up to the rest. F'ing weird... those things can take some punishment lol

In my stand Bag:

R7 Superquad 10.5* Fujikura REAX 65-S
Hi-Bore XLS 19* Hybrid Dynamic Gold S300
MP-60 4 thru PW Dynamic Gold S300 .588 REG 54* SW Vokey 58* LWSTX Greeny IV putter

Link to comment
Share on other sites

bong_crosby Well Established Member

bong_crosby

  • Author
Similar to Randy Johnson killing a bird with a fastball (

If I remember correctly, The Big Unit got arrested for that. Or am I thinking of something else?

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Arrogant_Kid Established Member

Arrogant_Kid

I've killed a bird midair. I was playing a par three that had powerlines hanging over it and a bird was sitting there. Hit it square in the head.

WITB;
R9; Tour Issue Aldila DVS R flex
2007 Burner 3 and 5 wood
Mp-60 4-PW KBS Tour R Stiff
MP series 51, 56, 60 Squareback No. 2. DT So/Lo

Link to comment
Share on other sites

grandaddy510 Established Member

grandaddy510

when i first started, i hit a worm burner with the driver and there was a few geese about 20 yards away, hit one square in the neck and flipped em head over heals. you can tell he was struggling to breath, the others kinda jumped out of the way when he got hit, but went back to check him out and knew he was a gonner and started walking away. we came back by 3 holes later because it passes the tees on the way to the green and he was indeed done. i felt bad but at the same time, thats the risk you take living on the golf course.

titleist.gif 910 D2 10.5 ProLaunch Blue S 55

:callaway: X2 Hot 3W  |  X Hot Pro 16H  |  X2 Hot 19H

:callaway: Apex 4-PW Project X 5.0 Flighted   

vokey.gif SM4 50.12, SM5 55.11
:cameron: Del Mar  |  titleist.gif NXT Tour S  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Golfaway Dedicated Member

Golfaway

I haven't hit anything myself but I saw a small bird getting hit. There was a group of birds on the fairway and they started taking off, just as they started to fly one of them took a direct hit by my partner's ball. He hit a 3 wood that starts low and ascends, and just as the ball left the club face still low it hit the poor thing in the wings. It did not die but her wing got twisted at a severe angle and she couldn't fly no more. We left it there but I'm pretty sure she died some time later as she was unable to fly or do anything. I felt like **** for her.
My achievements:
Eagles: 0
Birdies: 18
Best Round: 89
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Note: This thread is 5110 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Want to join this community?

    We'd love to have you!

    Sign Up

  • TST Partners

    TourStriker PlaneMate
    Golfer's Journal
    ShotScope
    The Stack System
    FlightScope Mevo
    Direct: Mevo, Mevo+, and Pro Package.

    Coupon Codes (save 10-15%): "IACAS" for Mevo/Stack, "IACASPLUS" for Mevo+/Pro Package, and "THESANDTRAP" for ShotScope.

  • Posts

    • imsys0042
      Is This Club Blatantly Sandbagging?

      By imsys0042 ·

      I was going to start a thread, but this seems like the place.  Yesterday I played my matchplay match at my local club.  My opponent is a notorious sandbagger by reputation.  The pro once pulled his tournament rounds from the past several years and said that it is impossible his tournament rounds are legit based on his handicap. here is what happened last night.  I am getting 4 shots from him.  His current handicap index is 15.3 i shot 45 on the front.   Was down 4 after nine, he had three birdies and shot even par. I was closed out on thirteen, we halved with a bogey.  That bogey put him one over par for his round.   He then took a triple on 14 and then left. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he lied about his score.   I wrote down on my scorecard what the score was.  He put higher values that didn’t affect the outcome of the match to pad his score and apparently make it not look as obvious.   He shot 36 on the front, but claimed 40.  The higher values for his score were in the online scoring app our club uses.  He did it this way: I won #7. He had a 2 foot putt for par that if he made would still lose the hole.   He picked up and said it didn’t matter since I won.  He took a 5 instead of a 4 after picking up a gimme. on #8 his approach shot on this par 4 was 8 inches.  I verbally conceded the putt but I had hit into a hazard.  I finished the hole with a 6.  Instead of birdie he put in for par. on #9, another par 4, his approach was to 18 inches.  I missed my par putt and then knowing how close I verbally conceded the putt.  I missed my bogey putt, he never conceded mine.  Instead of birdie he put down a bogey. He padded his score by 4 shots on the front.  And then did again on 10.  I rinsed one and made 6 on a par 4.  I putted out and he was fishing balls out of the lake so I drove off to the next tee.  He had 15 feet laying two but claimed a 5.     love to know the odds of a 15 handicap being even thru 12 holes on a round of golf. 
    • snapfade
      LIV Golf (Saudi PIF), "Mergers," and More

      By snapfade ·

      They've been chuckling since they hooked the shark. I think Greg doesn't realize the jokes on him.
    • DaveP043
      2024 TST Outing - June 1/2 @ EagleSticks and Virtues

      By DaveP043 ·

      to confirm, I'll need a hotel for Friday and Saturday, planning to share with you
    • DeadMan
      Wordle Daily Puzzle

      By DeadMan ·

      Wordle 1,041 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    • Vinsk
      LIV Golf (Saudi PIF), "Mergers," and More

      By Vinsk ·

      I wonder if the Saudis all kinda chuckle when they ask Greg how he feels about 72 holes vs 54…😃
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Welcome to TST! Signing up is free, and you'll see fewer ads and can talk with fellow golf enthusiasts! By using TST, you agree to our Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Guidelines.

  I accept
The popup will be closed in 10 seconds...