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Whats The shortest Club You've had into a Par 5?

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GixxerTed Established Member

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Like the title states. Whats the shortest club you've hit into a par 5 for your 2nd shot? I've had a pw in hand before on a short 470 yd par 5 before.

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allin Great Member

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3iron many years ago, didn't reach any in two this year.

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Hmm, thats tough, i got to think about it.

The most recently would be two years ago, a 482 par 5 thats all up hill. Usually i have 200 out, hitting my 4 iron which goes 220 and thats pretty much center of the green. But in this golf scramble i hit a driver ended up at the 155 marker, which left me a 9 iron into the green.

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sean_miller Incredible Member

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This query is hinky.

On one course, during one round, I went for the green on all four par 5s, but 2nd hole stands out.

Hole #2. 549 yards. Lob wedge.

Dogleg right with trees that can be carried (~260 carry to the rough and > 290 to the fairway). I made a mistake and pushed my shot farther right than I ever have. My ball was on the cart path, 70 yards out. Not sure how far it travelled on the path. It was a total fluke and to be honest, I'm not sure why that part of course isn't OB. My ball flew the #8 tee box. My drop was in the rough. Flubbed the approach to the front apron and got up and down for birdie.

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Pw which was also coincidentally my first eagle. The hole was a joke though. It was a 450 yard par 5 dog leg left that was straight down hill (and I mean way down hill) It was links course and I didn't even cut the dog leg (and I think if I did I would have been 50 yards out) I hit it wide right and the ball just rolled down to about 130. I hit a pw to 6 inches, turned to my friend and said I think this is going to be my first eagle and I just barely made the putt.

My home course has a par 4 that is 460 so it felt especially cheap. :)
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OCdude12 Well Established Member

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One that sticks out to me that happened this summer in a practice round for Mid-Am qualifying. Marin CC, hole #6 is a 480 yd par 5, pretty flat but the wind was going with us a little. Pounded my drive and had a 9 iron left in from about 155, flying straight at the flag but bounced over the green where I was able to get up and down pretty easily. In the actual qualifying, didn't go quite the same, hit my drive in a creek that ran down the right, dropped, hit it up by the green where it almost bounced on the cartpath OB, couldn't get up and down, ended up with bogey.

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mdl Great Member

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Well it's cheap but I've had a sand wedge in. Slightly downhill 510 yard par 5. Hit it straight right into the trees, thought I lost my ball, then a playing partner found it out around 400. I'm a long hitter, but nowhere near that long. The ball must have hit the cart path at least twice. It runs through the trees and funnels out onto the fairway. Shortest club on a legit shot is nothing special, I think it was a 6i on a short par 5 where I got all of my driver.

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Zeph Incredible Member

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4 iron. The hole was downhill and downwind and I caught it really well.

Pulled it left into some bushes, chunked it short of the green, down in par.

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8 iron. 520 yards, 40 mph tailwind, drive was 324 yards GPS measured, approach was to about 12 feet. Missed the eagle putt.

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bwell Established Member

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9 iron on a 518 yard par 5. I don't know what happen with the drive, if I really hit it that far (the fairways where rock hard) or if I hit a sprinkler head and got a good bounce...

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This year at a scramble I was playing with a big hitter and on a 518yd par 5 his drive left us at 133 from the pin which with the wind we had at our back i was a pw away from planting a 7ft eagle putt which we all missed and finished the hole with a disappointing birdie !!
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I've been left with a sand wedge once at a par 5 on a course in my area. It's only 410 yards, what a joke. My normal club selection is driver, 8 iron but when it was playing downwind and my drive hit the cart path leaving me with 85 yards to go. Missed the eagle...

There is a par five at my old home course with really hardpan fairways where it's not uncommon to get 60 or 70 yards of roll. It is 449 yards long, but I regularly hit driver, 7 iron.
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I've hit a par-5 in two exactly once in my career. I forget the exact distance, but I hit a 4-iron second shot (missed the eagle putt by about 8 inches short, made the bird). Went back to the course 3 weeks later, the hole had become a par-4 (with the tees moved considerably up).

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