Hitting the difficult put to save bogey

[clearwaterms]

Today I was playing a very SLOW round of golf. 3 hour front 9, we left after the 16th right around the 6 hour mark. Anyway, it was very difficult to get a groove working, and as a result I had a few blow up holes. Anyway on the first par 5 of the back side, I hit a TERRIBLE drive, followed up by a brilliant 3h that a tree stopped dead in its track leaving me 300 yards away from teh green. a 7 iron and a pitching wedge and a skulled wedge put me on the green in 5. About 18 feet away. I proceed to sink the putt for a 6. I felt really good about the 18' that I drained, but at the same time felt very deflated to take a bogey after that putt.

Anybody else have those?

[Colinb913]

I always do, I put little marks in the boxes on the card so I dont lose count, nor do I keep it in my mind. So I sank a 30 footer, got all joyous, thought I was the next Phil, looked at the card and figured out it was to save a double bogey.. I was like damn...

[Fourputt]

I've had some great bogies, although not necessarily saved by a putt. Last week I hooked my drive on 18 into a tree which deflected it farther left, all the way across the 9th fairway and in between a couple of trees. The GPS said 198 yards to the center of the green, and the last 60 is over water, with trees to hit between and 6" deep, matted rough on the greenside edge of the lake. I decided to go for it, because trying to layup back to the 18th fairway was just about as difficult. I hit a pure shot with a hybrid and landed in the edge of the deep rough, about 8 feet off the green and 30 feet from the hole. I hacked out of the rough and 2 putted for one of my better bogies ever.

Contrary to popular opinion, bogey isn't always a bad score.

[JML22]

Bogey's arent bad for A LOT of golfers haha
the par 3 i palyed last night - went water - 8 footer - bogey
easily could be a double or wahtever

[Incognito]

long putts to save bogey are both thrilling and deflating at the same time, but not as much as chipping in to save bogey....

[Shanker]

I agree...pitching from 40yds into the cup to save bogey...it was thrilling but the scorecard wasn't..lol..

[Shorty]

felt very deflated to take a bogey after that putt.

You get a shot on the hole becuause you play off 18. You made a great putt after some bad shots. What could have been an 8 ends up being a nett par.

What is the problem? And....a "brilliant" 3h does not hit a tree and get stopped dead in its tracks.

[Fourputt]

I agree...pitching from 40yds into the cup to save bogey...it was thrilling but the scorecard wasn't..lol..

Still a lot more thrilling than pitching up and 2 putting for a triple on that scorecard.

[Zeph]

I focus mainly on my good shots and what I did then. I may hit one left and one right, but standing on the tee box I think about that shot I hit straight. I'm as bothered by a bogey as anyone, but I try not letting it get to my head. If I make a good putt, great, I saved a stroke, doesn't matter if it was for par or bogey, a stroke is a stroke. Get that positive feeling going through the round and you'll see some good putting.

[CG031]

to the OP: I feel ya man...I've made putts that were 20' for DOUBLE bogey in tournaments...

[Uncle Peter]

The worst one of those that I made was on a par 5 513 yards. (Now this hole is a special one. If you overshoot the green, you're looking at a 15 rolling hill.

Anyways, I sliced my drive shot about 180 yards to the left. 3H was horrible, another shot with a 8 iron. Seems poor so far....

2 below par with about 200 yards away from the hole. Took a shot with my 5I, and now I'm 50 yards from the hole, 1 under par, in the rough. Under estimating my poor PW, I took it out, shot, hoping for the best. Ended up overshooting by 20 yards.

Now I'm at par at the bottom of a hill. Take out the 64* and shoot. Two shots later I'm on the green faced with a 17 yard putt. Ended up making it for a Double Bogey.

Not my proudest moment as a golfer.

[WUTiger]

Would you rather miss the putt and get a double bogey? A stroke is a stroke.

The few times I have had a round with no double bogeys, I had a couple of one 1-putt bogey. And, a long putt or chip-in to save bogey reminds us to keep trying, not despair.

If we ever play together and you sink a long putt for bogey, I'll let you do it over again if you want.

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One of my wildest bogeys: Playing over a lakeside par 3 with my boss. He hits shot 10 feet from the cup... I hook a 4 iron 30 yds. to left of green into a swampy puddle. I take an unplayable lie, and then loft a sand wedge over a tree and stop it 11 feet from the pin. I'm away, and drain the putt for a bogey. My boss gets flustered and three putts.

[ks8829]

Ant example of a great bogie save with a up and down on your score card. The putter and good short game is the great equalizer.

[B-Con]

Last week I had a chip-in from just beyond the fringe about 30 to 40 feet from the hole to save bogey. Just like how you felt, I was thrilled with my chip, and disgusted it was for bogey.

I think I actually have better putts when I'm trying to save higher scores. I think the pressure of avoiding double bogey is greater than the pressure of avoiding bogey, so I'm more likely to putt well.

[Bump-n-MI]

I made a sweet putt for a 9 a couple weeks ago on an easyish 390 dogleg left par 4. 3 in the woods off the tee (kinda Tin Cup'd it), approach shot to 20 feet but left myself a tricky downhill slider, drained the putt. Still wound up shooting 36 on the front and 39 on the back .

[drglew]

Would you rather miss the putt and get a double bogey? A stroke is a stroke.

Exactly. For me, i sometimes get a bigger rush (and sometimes some momentum) from these kinds of putts as opposed to a boring two-putt for par. Yes, the score is worse, but the fact that i salvaged a stroke pumps me up. Kind of like how Tiger often seem to get more pumped up from a difficult par save putt as opposed to a 5-footer for birdie.