Best Shot of the Week - Page 166

Yesterday, on a 404 yard par four I killed the drive, however it landed right of fairway under a tree, in a depression. I was about 130 away and pulled an 8 iron, not expecting much due to the poor lie I swing away and lose the ball as soon as it takes off. Lands on the green, probably 12 feet away from the pin. Probably the first time I have been on in regulation on a +400 yard par four. Of course I missed the birdie but but made par!

Playing a par 500yrd par 4 and had a 30 yrd chip for par and sunk it!!!

185 yard 7 iron to 10 feet (missed the eagle putt!!!!)

Par 3 183 yards back pin location. Hit a sweet 5-iron with a little fade, been working on that shot a lot lately. Landed 12 feet from hole. Proceeded to 3-putt

Well I have a couple good shots this past weekend. First was a narrow 360 yard par 4. To be safe I hit my 3 wood, Hit it dead on the screws to 60 yards. Bladed the chip over, then chipped to 4 ft for my par. Then on the 510 yard par 5 18th. This hole goes to me and my uncle (6 handicap). We both hit our drives dead center of the fair way. I am sitting 203 with a head wind, and my uncle is sitting about 200. We both then proceed to hit a hybrid 4. We both end up about 10 yards short of the green. The pin was back right, so still had about a 30 yard chip for both of us. I was out so I hit first and stuck it a foot from the hole. My uncle then did the same thing!! Both ended out round with a birdie, nice way to finish.

Mine was this past saturday.  Number 15. 565 yard par 5.  Hit my drive. Had 267 left slightly down hit. Dont have a 3 wood at the moment so i hit my 5 trying to lay up.  Got about 35 yards of roll and ended up on the green 25 ft away. Sank the eagle put. Best part was i shot 74 playin with the gf.  Needless to say i was on saturday.

I played last weekend both SAT and SUN...........

I'm pretty sure I hit several greens in regulation over those two days.......my best shots of the week.  LOL......................oh well!!

Played 9 for the first time in a couple of months.  Lots of quality strikes, not a single hero shot.  Missed a lot of greens long, trying to figure out what my exact yardage is nowadays.  It's at least a club longer than I expect.  Anyway, probably the best was a dogleg left par-4, hit a super-high 3-wood draw to the front of the green.  It started off low and then just climbed and kept on going.  The sound of it was incredible.  First time I've hit 3W with the new swing.  I'm planning on playing that shot on the opening hole today at another course.  Chipped and putt for birdie.  I guess the putt was pretty good too, downhill over a bunch of leaves that I didn't have time to clear.

This is only memorable due to the dramatic lack of success I've had on the opening hole at Knoll East in the past.     It's a 350 yd par 4 - nothing special, but the tee box is elevated at least 50 ft from the fairway & the landing area is tight.     My opening drive is always less than spectacular ... this time, I drilled it about as well as I can hit a drive & it landed about 40 yards in front of everybody else's in the center of the fairway.    It's just a cool visual from an elevated tee like that ...

A hole in one on a 98 yard par 3. Highlands Golf Course Lincoln, Nebraska. My first ever.

Gary

187 yard uphill shot onto the green with my new (to me) Hogan Speed slot laminated 5 wood with an old balata ball.

Had to carry 230 to get across the pond off the tee. Hit on the other side and rolled back in. Dropped and had 160 in and stuck it to 2 feet. Tough par

Pushed my drive a bit, maybe 5 yards off the fairway but now with a tree hanging out blocking my approach.  Sitting about 158 out, with a lie in dirt/mulch/pine needles (go almost to the edge of the fairway).  Took out my 6i, hit a soft sort of knockdown cut, start left of the tree and fade all the way back to the green, land it right where I want (on the ramp of a back to front sloping two tier green), roll it up near pin high, maybe 20 feet left.

Two putted for par.

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Originally Posted by mdl 

Pushed my drive a bit, maybe 5 yards off the fairway but now with a tree hanging out blocking my approach.  Sitting about 158 out, with a lie in dirt/mulch/pine needles (go almost to the edge of the fairway).  Took out my 6i, hit a soft sort of knockdown cut, start left of the tree and fade all the way back to the green, land it right where I want (on the ramp of a back to front sloping two tier green), roll it up near pin high, maybe 20 feet left.

 

Two putted for par.

Nice !   love a well executed punch shot (mine always hook like crazy though)

Today I hit a shot any tour pro would be proud of. You know, the kind of shot that keeps you coming back.

I didn't play particularly well today, it was only my second round of the year.

At my home course, I have a nemesis hole, I can never play this hole good for some reason.

It's a 440yd par 4, with a pond all along the front of the green. The green is pear shaped, the pin of course was tucked in the back left corner. No room for error.

Hit a decent drive, but was in the left ruff.

Had a downhill sidehill lie in the ruff. 176yd to the pin. With a steady breeze into me.

I hit best 6 iron of my life, and stuck it left of the pin to about 13'. (Missed the birdie putt though).

Ya I'll be coming back after that one! LOL

For starters ,Golf Season for my High School kicked off just last week, so I'm still pretty rusty. Today I played horrendous overall, due to the fact that I just handed over my irons to my pro shop to get them reshafted over the weekend, so I was left with some beautiful, rusty, 90's knockoff full cavity backs. Couldn't hit them all round. Pulled out a half hybrid on two of the par threes from 150, pretty tough shot. Back to the story though. Sort of best 3 shots of the week haha! Hole #15. Par 5. 585 yards, with a rolling fairway for the tee shot, then it's all uphill, with a blind second shot.  I nailed my drive so that it kicked off the downslope of a mound in the center. Carried it about 270, with a roll out of 30 yards. I pull out my Bushnell so I can try and snipe the tippy top of the yellow flag barely revealing itself above the last hill.  OB right, thick pine trees left, It's generally a lay up for that second shot. The problem was, I hadn't hit any iron straight today whatsoever, So I said to myself, "The HELL with it!" and ripped off my 910D2 headcover. I had a pretty flat lie, slighty uphill, but incredibly tight.  Very muddy from last nights rain too.  I took a practice swing with a more upright swing, and I dove in.  I couldn't have picked it more clean.  It started about 25 yards right, but a beautiful, low draw followed. I had no idea where it had landed as it was blind, but as I hiked up that last hill, to my amazement, I had made the green. I was a mere 15 feet to the right of the back pin. The greens were just aerated the day before, so I knew I didn't need to put much on the putt. Straight as an arrow, I nailed it, hit the back of the cup, but hopped in.

Right after the round, I felt like buying a nice Ping visor. So that's what Bubba  Watson felt like...

Spent the week in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Awesome weather this week and got in 4 rounds!

My best shot was probably either a PW to about 4 feet to save par (Hit my tee shot into a waste bunker), or a nice 7 iron to about 6 feet that ended up as a birdie.