Crazy Awesome Golf~!

Ever have something defy reality with its awesomeness in a round of golf? Let us know here.


Heres one of mine on a par3 180yd hole during a scramble I have the best shot about 5ft left of the green in the rough. Our last player hits and its a bad shank into the woods about 150yds in. Well this ball mustve had some serious luck because it hit a branch and bounced out perfectly.

RIght as you hear us all go "AHHHH NOT EVEN ON" you hear a "WAIT WHAT!!?!?!!?!" the ball bounced right towards the cup im not even kidding you this shank hit a branch bounced back and landed 2ft from the hole for a closest and nother hole in the birdie pool truely an awesome shot.

Can anyone one up this?

Not really luck, but I'll give it a go:

Yesterday I went out and got paired up with 3 older ladies (65-75 I'd estimate) and they were hitting driver/3w at anything over 140-150 yards. On a tough dogleg left (you have to hit it to the dogleg; it's in the middle of the hole; ladies tees were at 297) she hit her driver about in the middle of the dogleg, leaving a 155 yard shot (or so). She pulls out her 3w just like always and hits it nice (I'm off to the side looking for a ball I hit in the rough, it was slow going and we all agreed to play ready golf). Anyways we get up to the green and her ball is nowhere to be found. We look left, right, and far for it and I joke "did you check the hole?"

So she walks up and looks down and lets out a scream of delight; her first ever eagle from farther away than she teed off to at probably 70 years old. Farthest hole out I've ever seen and only the 2nd eagle (first on a par 4) I've come across. Hell of an accomplishment for her, and she was a hoot anyways!

Happened a few weeks ago:

Long par 3, all carry over a pond. My friend hits his tee shot a bit fat and is instantly yelling at the ball to get up/fly/go whatever he can. I can see it has no hope from the angle I am at and watch as it comes straight down about 10-15 feet short of the green right into the pond....only to bounce off of the water....and onto the green and rolls up to about 5 feet.

We all stood their dumbfounded.

It's been an exceptionally dry summer in the northeast and the pond was super low so best we can figure is it bounced off a rock right at the surface. The ball was insta retired and is still referred to as the Jesus ball for its apparent ability to walk on water.

The other day I was playing Par 3 189yrds, hit my 5 iron so fat it was goin id guess about 140 yrds hit a sprikler head and landed on green 10ft for birdie, to bad i cant put, tap in par.

#11 Par 5.

Hole runs along the fence-line of the course property (fence is all down the left side). The fence is basically metal pole, two horizonal runners with a vertical every 10 feet or so...fairly sparse fence, and not tall. I hook the crap out of my drive and it makes a run for OB and my dad says "HIT A POLE" -- *ping!* bounces back out into the fairway. I mean, I had 320 to the green from there, but I'll take it!

playing with my dad the other week we was on #4, a driveable par-4, the fairway runs from left to right and downhill towards the green, my dad hits his drive and comes up literally inches short of the little mound in front of the green which rolls it down onto the green. as we're walking up to our balls we both watch this bird come and give it a knock/peck, next thing the ball is moving, rolls down the hill and he has a 20 footer for eagle, missed it but still was pretty cool

Not a great outcome but still an against the odds shot either way....about two years ago I am playing a round with a friend and on a hole there is a power line that runs across the fairway maybe 35 yards or so from the tee box. My buddy steps up to his ball and hits his drive and it zings off the power line. He then re-teed stepped up to the ball and somehow hit it again on his second tee shot! We laughed it off and tried a third and he finally got past the wire.

Once on a dogleg right par 5, I was in position to reach the green in two. 210-220 out and I'm feelin juicy. I swing and top it of course. Bailed out by the big valley and rolled to the bottom where most people play their second shots to. I was 140 out, way uphill so I take my 8 iron to get the extra yardage. Turns out I blew the 8 iron past the green but luckily that solid tree contact I heard was my ball hitting a tree about 10 yards beyond the green and ending up 15 feet from the hole on the green. Best and worst par 5 for me.

Labor day Monday here recently. Par 5 496 yards. Driver to the fairway, 1 iron onto the green, and 8 footer for eagle

From the "My Father-in-law is the luckiest s.o.b. in the world" file: Uphill par 4, 365 yds. He hits a nice tee shot, then chunks the second shot way off to the right (which I was SURE was gonna be down into a ravine and lost). The ball hits the curb of the cart path and bounces to within 5 feet of the cup. Birdie. Stupid.

I was in a group of friends playing Wolf Creek (in Alberta - not the Wolf Creek you're probably thinking of). It's a prairie course (links "style") and there are humps and mounds all over - even on the greens. Ron shanks/skulls hit pitch shot and is scoots off toward the bunker. He turns away and starts putting his club away, getting ready to hack one back to the green. He looks at us and we're all staring at the green with our mouths open. He asks what we're looking at, sort of defensive like we're mocking his terrible shot. I said, "we're watching your ball. You almost holed out." Thinking we're really making fun of him now, he laughs and tells me to F-off (jokingly). When he finally turns around, it's like watching a coyote and roadrunner cartoon where gravity doesn't kick in until the coyote notices he's in mid air. He almost fainted.

His ball had rocketed off a mound and shot to the back the green where it started rolling and curved down toward the flag. It seemed to take forever to stop - 6" from the hole.

Had 2 stories that stand out.

1. Back in the 1998 state championship, I started on the back nine and went double, birdie, double, and came to the 13th hole and hooked my drive. I was trapped. Imagine if you have a clock, the actual green is at 10 oclock, and the only shot is simply to go right of the huge line of trees around 2-3 oclock. I considered my options like punching out into the fairway...and I decided to hit the biggest sweeping hook of my entire life. (serious, I have never hit a hook shot like this ever again). I was 200 yards out, aimed the clubface at the green, aimed by body, arm, legs, club) at 3 oclock and just tried to hook the living shit out of it. My father was on the other side of the fairway and thought I blocked the hell out of it..and said from his angle, it appeared to take a 90 degree turn. Landed about 50 yards short of the green and rolled up to 15 feet. It was the type of shot that turned my round, around..and I went on to play the remainder of the back nine at 1 over for a 40, and played the front nine at 3 under 33. that year I got runner up medalist. Just one of those shots I will always remember.

2. In a college tournament, I proceeded to chip in for par on this one hole..got to the next hole a par 5...pulled my drive in a bunker, laid out...tried to hit the green from 240...water, took my drop..and holed my 5th shot :) Was kind of cool to have 0 putts for 2 holes in a row.

have a couple, nothing wicked, but neat stories:

1. First tourney of the year, nerves are killin me. Get to hole 7 at 4 over par and hook my drive into the trees left, almost OB. After hitting a prov., I find it about 2 feet behind a tree. Like the above story, the only way i have at getting at the green is to hit a 50 yard, low stinger hook and let it run up.....Rory Mac Style. I'm 146yds out, grab an 8i, close the face right up and make the biggest 3/4 hook style, knock down, stinger i can. No word of a lie, this ball if hit straight, would have gone onto the adjacent fwy....but it turned like a MO-FO, rolled, rolled, rolled, rolled to 2 feet. Left me a nice little uphill putt for bird (yes i made it). Finsihed the round at 75.

2. two weeks ago at our Open tourney. Hole 15 i hooked into the big fence protecting the city camp ground and it bounces off in to the rough. I get a free drop from here, but the ball proceeds to bury itself. I hack it out, and then chunk the next one to about 70 yds. This is a par 5 and I need to hit this close to salvage a Par. 2 tier green and the flag is literally on the peak of the tiers...I need to get aggressive and get it close. I hit my 60º LW and basically bunt it right at the flag w a sh*t load of spin so it checks. It hit past the hole about 4 feet, im thinking im in jail now and its goin over...here we go triple bogey. it hops again about 12 feet past the hole and then puts itself in reverse and backs up to 4". Tap i par. Never hit a shot like that in my life.