Got an Eagle today

[Rocket]

Played with my daughter today and we are on the third hole, par 5 dog leg to the left. We are playing behind a group of five young guys. Waited at the tee box for them to clear the fairway and hit a great drive over the trees on the left, best shot I have ever made on that hole. Daughter crushes her drive and is 10 yards behind me.

We get to our balls and the group ahead waves us thru. Daughter hits a great 3 wood, it hits just before the green and rolls just off the back left. I was so proud of her to hit this 200 yard shot with 5 guys standing beside the green waiting.

Then it was my turn. I was so nervous I could hardly stand still. I had 195 to the pin so I hit my 3 hybrid. I was just hoping to make good contact and not look like a fool.

I hit a great shot to just off the left edge of the green. We get up to the green and the guys are waiting. Daughter hits a great chip and 2 putts for par. Very proud of her.

I make a great putt from off the green, about 30 fee and the ball just tracks right in the hole, for an EAGLE.

What a great feeling !!!

[caleb7mm]

awesome feeling!

I hope there is many more for you! :)

[pond prowler]

An even better eagle since your daughter was with you!  Good memories.

[dbwood]

Good for you, that is a great feeling.

[JCoop]

That's awesome. You'll remember that time with your daughter for many years.

[slabm7]

I'm still waiting for my first but have had two very close calls this year already, both times were par 5's, reached greenside in 2, one chip lipped out and rolled a foot past and the other time it was tracking right at the hole and came up 3 inches short. But don't get me wrong, I'll take tap in birdies all day!

[Neitmrh15]

Video or shens

[bplewis24]

  Neitmrh15 said:

Originally Posted by Neitmrh15

Video or shens

lol...

To the OP: congrats.  I have yet to record a legitimate eagle as far as I can remember.  I took a mulligan in a practice round last year and drove a green on a par 4 and ended up eagling it, but nothing legit.  Can't wait for my first one.

The closest I've been to a legit eagle was when I put my 2nd shot on the front edge of a Par 5 green.  I chipped to the back pin location and it hit the flag stick and stopped a couple inches from the cup.

Brandon

[rebby]

How old is your daughter? Sounds like a fun afternoon... Congrats on the eagle!

[Rocket]

  Neitmrh15 said:

Originally Posted by Neitmrh15

Video or shens

Not sure what you mean ?

Don't have a video, but the 5 young guys standing around the green witnessed it, and congratulated me.

I was playing with my middle daughter, she is 13 and will be in 9th grade next year. Very proud of both my golfing daughters.

[bplewis24]

Video or shens (shenanigans) is like saying "pics or it didn't happen."  It's just an internet joke (meme).  Enjoy that eagle... until the next round :)

Brandon

[darkhunter139]

  Rocket said:

Originally Posted by Rocket

Not sure what you mean ?

Don't have a video, but the 5 young guys standing around the green witnessed it, and congratulated me.

I was playing with my middle daughter, she is 13 and will be in 9th grade next year. Very proud of both my golfing daughters.

Wow your 13 year old daughter can hit it 200 with a three wood??? Impressive.

[bplewis24]

Yeah that's pretty amazing.  How tall is she?

Brandon

[Rocket]

  bplewis24 said:

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Yeah that's pretty amazing.  How tall is she?

Brandon

She is a normal 13 year old, but she is very athletic. Her 15 year old sister can hit her driver around 230.

They can both out drive me on most holes ...

I had to move up to the white tees this year so I can have a chance ...

I think I am going to start making them play from the white tees very soon

Life is Good !!!

[BostonSully]

Im sure your daughters embarrass groups of guys on the course all the time. I wish I had started younger too bad my father and I didnt start golfing till I was 21 and after about 2 weeks of playing I was allready better than him haha. Didnt get much instruction out of him and now Im the one feeding him tips (and I can tell he hates it)...

Gratz on the Eagle as well. Ive had 3 chances on Par 5's this year one was I got on the green in 2 and 2 putt'd the other was fringe in 2 and skulled my chip. Im looking for that first ever eagle I get so excited when I get a chance at one that I just freeze up mentally. I cant imagine going for it with a  crowd GJ.

[deasy55]

That's longer than a lot of female pro golfers

[Tomboys]

First off, to OP, congrats.

  darkhunter139 said:

Originally Posted by darkhunter139

Wow your 13 year old daughter can hit it 200 with a three wood??? Impressive.

+1.  When I read the OP's post and came across that sentence, I thought, "Dayam!"

  Rocket said:

Originally Posted by Rocket

She is a normal 13 year old, but she is very athletic. Her 15 year old sister can hit her driver around 230.

They can both out drive me on most holes ...

I had to move up to the white tees this year so I can have a chance ...

I think I am going to start making them play from the white tees very soon

Life is Good !!!

When my youngest son was 8, I took him golfing and he hit my driver (back then I had a Titleist 983K 9.5* with a YS-6 stiff shaft) 200 yards.  I almost fainted and, of course, got all kinds of ribbing from my playing partners/friends.  You know the, "Now we know who has all the golf talent in your family"; "He must get his golf skills from his mother's side", "You should let him play instead of you because he has a better chance of winning money from us than you do."  Unfortunately, he only played a few times after that and decided he didn't want to play anymore--he played year-round travel baseball at the time, so golf on top of that was too much for him.

Fast forward to today; he's now 14, got burned out on baseball--his mother (my ex) pushed and pushed him to play which I warned her about.  About two years ago, he just quit baseball.  He said he wasn't having fun anymore.  Recently, he decided he wanted to play golf again.  He said this time, he's fully committed to playing because he has both the desire and time to do so.  At that point, I bought him a used Cobra driver for $50 and a good friend of mine (one of my buds that was ribbing me per the above) gave him a complete set of equipment.  I'm talking TM fairway wood, TM rescue, Nike irons, Cleveland sw, TM putter and cart bag.  A few weeks ago, I took him out to a course just to let him get acclimated--since he hasn't hit a golf ball in years.  I figure I'd just let him hack around for a bit and see how it goes from there.  Well, on the very first hole, he pulls out his $50 driver and hits his drive 250 down the center of fairway.  With that, I signed him up for lessons with my current instructor.

  BostonSully said:

Originally Posted by BostonSully

Gratz on the Eagle as well. Ive had 3 chances on Par 5's this year one was I got on the green in 2 and 2 putt'd the other was fringe in 2 and skulled my chip. Im looking for that first ever eagle I get so excited when I get a chance at one that I just freeze up mentally. I cant imagine going for it with a  crowd GJ.

I had two eagle opportunities yesterday.  Had a 12 footer on one and 6 footer on the other.  Had to settle for two birdies.  Oh well, tomorrow is a new day.

[Ben]

Eagles kick butt! Congrats.

I had two today! First was on a driveable par-4.Knocked my drive to 20', made the putt. Second was on a par 5. Stuck my approach to 3' and made that putt.