Made 3 straight birdies

[beisenhauer]

Yesterday I made three consecutive birdies (and nearly made four) for the first time ever. I'm not sure whether I've even made two in a row; if I have, I don't remember it, and I think I'd remember something like that.

I was playing a two-man scramble with my dad, but on these three holes we used all of my shots.

The first was a short par 4, 311 yards, slight dogleg right. All of these holes were playing straight downwind, and it was blowing at least 20 mph yesterday. I hit a hybrid off the tee to about 40 yards from the pin, a lob wedge (Dave Pelz's 9:00 swing with a 60° wedge) to about 8 or 10 feet and holed the putt.

Next was a 494-yard par 5, again downwind. Driver and hybrid put me just off the back side of the green. Chipped to about four feet and holed the putt.

Third was another short par 4, at 300 yards. I hit a low, stinging driver (not on purpose) which wound up near the bottom of a swale that runs across the fairway but with a good lie. Again I was about 40 yards out. I hit the same lob shot that I had two holes earlier with the same result: the ball stopped about 8-10 feet past the hole, and I holed the putt.

I should point out that I was putting first on all of these holes, so I didn't have the advantage of seeing my partner putt first. The only place that probably helped was with the chip shot on the par 5, where my dad played first, and I got see how the ball would react on the green before I hit my shot.

The hole following these three, I was on the green in regulation with another 10-12 foot look at birdie, but I missed the putt. My dad didn't.

I threw in another "by myself" birdie later in the round, just for good measure. It was a good day.

[MunkeyGolfer]

That's awesome. Keep up the good work! I love that high you have after hitting a birdie

[cbe_golfer]

Fantastic. Memories for a lifetime. You know...I really wish I could play golf with my dad. He never had the chance to play.