What Is The Best Bogey You Ever Made?

As the saying goes, "Some bogeys are better than others." Just wondering if anyone wants to share a story about a bogey that ended up being a pretty good score?

For me, last summer I was in the semi-finals of our club championship (senior flight) and was two down after seven holes. Hole #8 was an uphill par 3 playing about 170 yards. To the left of the green is a bunker, and to the left of the bunker is a hill that has a severe drop to the 7th fairway. To the right of the green is about 20 yards of rough and then it is out-of-bounds. Most people aim a little right of the green and if you miss the green, you can usually get up-and-down, or at least make a bogey.

My tee shot was hit to the right, but it hit an overhanging tree and bounced out-of-bounds. My opponent's tee shot was slight short of the the green, but in pretty good position. Being a little upset, I put a little more focus into my second shot from the tee and ended up 12 feet from the pin. My opponent chunked his chip shot and then left his approach putt 5 feet from the hole. I holed the 12 footer for a bogey and he took two more putts for a double, so instead of being down three holes I was only down one. It was the turning point in the match, and I ended up winning on the 17th hole.

I love this game.

I once hit a ball 40 yards, with a wedge, out a water hazard, and one putted (12") for a bogey. The ball was in about 1/2" of water sitting on the moss covered concrete bottom of the flood channel. I was golfing with my son in law a hand to remind him that "old guys still rule".

I have a fuzzy memory on anything but pars or better. I really can't remember a good bogey save. Probably because I already wrote off the hole as a miss since I didn't par it.

So no best bogey story for me.