Hole in Three/Hole in One

[Matt P]

So my brother and law and I made a early tee time yesterday, hoping to get in nine holes. It rained all day yesterday and we knew it was going to be pretty soggy. Anyway we get to the course we were going to play (the only one that answered the phone yesterday--Salt River in Chesterfield Michigan) and there is no one there, no one in the clubhouse. It wasn't raining so we decided to go out and play and pay at turn or after. Well holes 4-6 were completely flooded by the river. After realizing this we quit keeping scord and started hitting multiple balls at greens and such. After playing the ninth hole, my brother in law asks if I want to keep going and I said of course.

We get to 11, which is a 156-160 par 3. I pulled my six for some reason and nuked the green into the woods behind. I walked back to my bag, pulled another ball and seven iron and re-teed. I hit the ball and in flight my brother in law says thats the right one. The ball hits two feet in front of the pin, hits the pin and falls in. We didn't know whehter to celebrate or not. It is either a great practice round hole in one, or the best damn par I have ever gotten. Ob and Par on a Par 3. Would have been first hole in one.

Only in golf do you get lifted up and brought back down to earth in the same moment.

So the question is how do I mark the ball for the trophy case....I was thinking Hole in Three....Hole in Three/Hole in One....any suggestions?

[bogeyhitter25]

BDP. For "Best Damn Par". Congrat's on the hole in 1/3.

[rebby]

That's the most bitter-sweet moment that I've ever heard of! Congrats on your, err, par?

Reminds me of a time that a friend and I were demoing a Lynx 7 iron. We dropped a few balls and started hitting them into the green. My friend holed his 3 shot. Awesome shot but didn't really count for anything. He kept the ball. Anyway you look at it, it's a great accomplishment.

Congrats.

[Fraser]

Didn't Fred Couples do that at TPC on Sawgrass's 17th? Hit his first shot in the lake, teed up for three of the tee and knocked it in for par.

The last couple of rounds I've played have been alone, and the 18th is a 160yrd par 3. If there is nobody behind me and I have some time I'll hit four or five practice tee shots, last time of the five, four landed on the green, one about a foot away, the other three were all 'birdies'. I did wonder how crappy it would be to knock a practice tee shot in the cup for a non-hole in one. gah!

[rebby]

Didn't Fred Couples do that at TPC on Sawgrass's 17th? Hit his first shot in the lake, teed up for three of the tee and knocked it in for par.

Yep.

Fred Couples' ace was his second at the TPC Sawgrass. Couples aced the par-3 17th hole in 1997 during the final round. He also dunked his third shot from the tee during the first round of the 1999 tournament after splashing his first shot off the tee into the water.

http://www.pgatour.com/story/9339324/

[907golfer12]

Didn't Fred Couples do that at TPC on Sawgrass's 17th? Hit his first shot in the lake, teed up for three of the tee and knocked it in for par.

Well to be technical about this, he went to the drop zone

[tjy355]

Nice Par!

[ERC7.5]

Nice progression..... lol

BDP. For "Best Damn Par". Congrat's on the hole in 1/3.

That's what I was going to suggest.

[heyscuba]

Kinda depends on what was behind the hole where your ball landed. If it was thick woods and no red stakes you could claim lost ball and the 3 from the tee would have counted, but if it wasn't marked and the ball may have been found and hit, you should have played it form back there,...
I'd call it a "very nice practice provisional"

My friends all started palying this par 3 course a whole lot, (it had lights) suddenly they all were getting holes in one,... I know it's still a good shot but they played it 3 times a week giving them 54 chances at an ace, I got 2 aces, both on regular courses,... I say they deserve an asteric,...
What do you think,...?

scuba