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Took about two years of on-again off-again beginning hacker golf, but it's a promising milestone for the second round of the season.

I'd been overcooking all of my approach shots for the first six holes -- Perils of inconsistent golf noob contact, can just randomly lose or gain 10-15 yards and not be entirely sure why.  Instead of being stubborn and insisting 'No, damnit, it's 135 yards and that is Without Fail my 9 iron', I clubbed downed and choked up...

Hole 7:  Par

Hole 8:  Birdie

Hole 9:  Par

Well, ain't THAT a morale-boosting way to end the nine.

I damn near had a coronary event right there on the course with the bird.  My tee shot (140 yard Par 3) ended up about two feet from the hole... So there was the whole, "Holy crap is that actually going in?!" moment of adrenaline.  That was followed by the long stroll to the green... It's a REAL short putt.  I can miss short putts.  First -great- chance at a birdie, but I can certainly flub a two foot putt like nobody's business, etc.  Distracted myself by watching the fish down in the lake as I got over there.

Slightly puckered, I did manage to sink that horrifying two-foot putt and card a -1.

The other two holes went pretty well, actually... On the hole before I smoked my approach and ended up in the bunker behind the green.  Managed an up-and-down from the sand for par.  Last hole was a downright dull GIR and two-putt, but considering I'm usually ahead of my game with bogey, it's still a solid score.

Yeehaw.

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Awesome story. Congrats! While I wouldn't know from experience on the course, I'll speak from the rest of life's experiences: Enjoy it while you can, before it becomes routine! ;)
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Awesome. :-) Anyone playing with you to celebrate with? My first birdie was on the 9th hole when I was playing as as single for only my second time. No one to celebrate with.

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Originally Posted by B-Con

Awesome. Anyone playing with you to celebrate with?

My first birdie was on the 9th hole when I was playing as as single for only my second time. No one to celebrate with.



Unfortunately not that time (Which would have driven me crazy for a looooooooong time if it'd actually gone in, heh).

I went out with my eldest the trip before to our Super Precision Par 3 and we lost almost twenty balls into the lake (Water danger on every hole).  Never would have believed me if I tried to say I'd gone out a couple days later and sunk an ace, heh.

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Congrats on the birdie... hopefully the first of many!

I had my first chance at eagle the last time I played... about a 12 foot putt... missed it but I was psyched to even have the chance and can't wait until I actually make one.

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Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

Congrats on the birdie... hopefully the first of many!

I had my first chance at eagle the last time I played... about a 12 foot putt... missed it but I was psyched to even have the chance and can't wait until I actually make one.



I had an eagle putt a little over a year ago or so.  Was a crazy long putt, probably in the 40-foot range or thereabouts.  Lagged it to a few feet, then mucked up the three-footer.  3-putt Par is painful.

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If you can hit a 9 iron 135 yards you need to practice at becoming more accurate then your hcap will plummet

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Gratz bro.

I had my first Birdie of the year as well (Which is like 2nd or 3rd lifetime the others were lucky chip ins on par3's) on Sunday. Only it was a par4 Driver to the rough just off of the fairway, pitching wedge to 8ft and the 8fter sunk!!!! I was fistpumping and high fiving everyone in the foursome haha.

However sadly I had my first ever eagle putt that day as well. It didnt go very well. Par 5 I smacked a good drive, then a 5i over the tree line. When i got down to the green I was on about 16ft out uphill all the way to the hole. Somehow I rolled the ball 8ft passed, kind of choked and spasmed coming forward on the putting stroke. Then I rolled the birdie 3ft past back down thankfully I managed to save the par.

Sounds like your alot like me 2-3x a week hacker who's played for just a couple years. 9i 135 sounds about right for me too good luck in the future hopefully that was the first of many birds to come woot!

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Congratulations!  You'll always remember that experience.

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Awesome!!!

I am still chasing after my first.  This will be my second year of golf and I am going at it full steam ahead!!

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Originally Posted by trickymicky69

If you can hit a 9 iron 135 yards you need to practice at becoming more accurate then your hcap will plummet



Yep.  Consistency and long clubs kill me.  I'm working on putting together a lesson sometime over the next month or so -- Doesn't make sense that I can count on 135/145 from my 9 and 8 irons... then can't count on getting past 200 yards with ANY club.  Some weird swing hitch I need to track down, no doubt.

Also, just plain old consistent contact.  I get the pull hooks and the blocks something fierce.

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Originally Posted by Tomboys

Congrats!

Birdies, sex, money.  Three things in life that you can never have too much of.



Hah!  Though I fear there's an inverse relationship between birdies and money if you don't start with a particularly large money variable.

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