Saddest par?

[jcorfive]

Had a downhill 505 yd par 5. Absolutely smoked my drive, then proceeded to hit an awesome three iron shot. Left myself pin high, only trouble was I happened to be about 20yds away from the hole and there was a bunker between the green and myself. Hit one more sweet shot; a pitch that landed on the fringe and proceeded to roll within 2 feet of the pin.

Feeling pretty damn good and slightly pompous I walked up to the flagstick drawing my putter out of my bag. I didn't bother to take the bag off.

Missed the putt. Tapped in for par.

[HAVOC]

par 5 570yds hit drive 330 through the fairway into the ditch
2nd shot hit 3hb pin high right side of green into the desert 20yds from green
3rd sculded it to otherside of green
4th chipped to 10 from pin and one putted

i hate driving it through fairways

happened to me 3 times sunday

[Deryck Griffith]

  Fat Slice said:

Ever shot par for a hole....and were bummed?

You crushed that drive!

[Akline13]

Any three putt on a par 5 that I reached in two....

[Meddle]

  Akline13 said:

Any three putt on a par 5 that I reached in two....

Same here. One particular instance comes to mind, 12 feet from the pin with a putt for eagle. This was about 2 years ago when I was first really getting into the game, and this was my first real chance to eagle. I choke on the 12 footer, leaving it 6 feet short, then miss the 6 footer.

Still have never eagled.

[Fat Slice]

  Deryck Griffith said:

You crushed that drive!

I did, for me - it had a ball flight I have not been able to reproduce. Low, climbing, and very fast. Also, I hugged the inside of the dogleg and drew around it -- I am sure that cut a bunch off the length of the hole.

[Dartguy]

That's a monster for a three-foot tall dude!

[DocWu1948]

Doesn't matter how you got there. Any second or third putt for par that is less than 2 inches away ... those make for very sad pars.

[Lefty-Golfer]

#5 on Friday Par 4 dogleg right 415 yards up hill the last 200 #1 HC

Drive- yanked right into pines
2nd- a rocket mini blade slicing to left, hits tree to stay in bounds
3rd- 100 to flag, hit wedge fat, landed short of green, lands sprinkler head at fringe and rolls to 12"

par and didn't hit one good shot!! good par / bad par...depends on view point i guess!! I won the hole with my stroke!!! LOL

[Fat Slice]

^ That, sir, is the happiest par ever!

[Lefty-Golfer]

  Fat Slice said:

^ That, sir, is the happiest par ever!

my partner seemed to think so, our opponents...not so much!!

[WUTiger]

Once a year this happens on various short par 4s: Drive goes in creek, or into some unplayable lie situation.

I take a one-stroke penalty and drop out, and then put a short iron a foot from the cup. Tap-in par, could have been birdie.

[bradholmes]

ive done this sort of thing many times.

sometimes ill bang it 300 yards down the fairway...and only be 50-60 yards out..then i go in for double bogey..lol

but not often.

on par 5's i usually par them or come close to birdie, the other day i had a chance for birdie on a par 5...missed it and got par...was bummed out...everyone said..nice par...i thanked them and in my mind i was breaking my club over my knee..lol

[dbuck]

uh, I am never sad over a par!

[Leftygolfer]

Had a couple yesterday. Had 5 feet two holes in a row and didn't make the putt. I couldn't buy a putt after 1. I hit good putts, just misread every single one.

[Joeyvee]

YESTERDAY Dammit. Hole one. Olomana golf course. Tee off from the blues. No warm up no stretching nothing. Just went and teed off at about 130pm. I've played this course 20 times over the past year and a half mind you. Half the time starting on ten though. Slight dog left left. I drive the fairway and I've got about 210 left to the hole. Sheesh I'm thinking I really need some distance on my driver. I thought I hit it ok. Borrow my friends 20* nickent hybrid and say I'll drop it right in front of the green and chip on close for a par putt and be out of it. So I drop it in front about 30 yards short. Not bad. Go to my 56* and drop it to within 6 feet. Ok. Putt for par. I dont care. I was down on myself and missed by an inch. Oh well. I tap in, and my playing partner says "nice par" I say No, that was 5. And he goes yeah no kidding. Nice par. It's a par 5 stupid.
So it turned out that it was a good smart well payed par, Fairawy hit twice and a G.I.R and I was happy after I realized I didnt bogey but I was bummed the whole hole. lol

[Vladimir Puttin']

The saddest par I know of happened on a par 3. One of the regulars at my home course hit his first OB and then holed his next shot.

[Dartguy]

That has to be the saddest par!