Had my first eagle today!

[Orange]

Played a pretty decent round today, though it didn't go as well as a few previous rounds when I shot in the low 80s. I walked up to the 18th tee box with 7 pars on the round, hoping to get one more or possibly even a birdie. The 18th hole being one of my favorites on the course, I was pretty excited to hit my drive.

The hole is a 374 yard slight dogleg left. I normally cut the dogleg with my drive, but today I did something I haven't quite done before on that hole. I cut the dogleg perfectly, landing my drive on the green. I've gotten close to driving the green before, but never have I been directly on it. After one of my best drives ever (easily 300+, possibly 325?) I walked up to the green hoping to hit my ball close to the hole for a birdie putt. It wasn't going to be an easy putt though... it was a solid 50 footer. Keep in mind, my ball was a few yards off the front of the green, while the pin placement was in the back. Putting isn't exactly my strong point, so I really just wanted to get it close for the birdie.

Hit my putt and the ball just dropped into the hole after riding a left-right uphill slope. Needless to say, I was pretty excited, despite the fact that I still ended up with an 86 for the day.

Definitely my best hole I've ever played... longest drive of my life, longest putt of my life, and first eagle. I'd say it was a pretty good hole! Sorry about creating a whole thread about this, I'm still overly excited about it, haha. I've had a handful of eagle opportunities before but never gotten one this nice.

[stealthduffer]

Very nice - congrats!

[Kujan]

What a great one-two punch! I see you took the dogleg out of play by going right over it. How far do you figure you carried your drive?

[Orange]

Originally Posted by Kujan

What a great one-two punch! I see you took the dogleg out of play by going right over it. How far do you figure you carried your drive?

It's hard to tell because you can't see over the dogleg... I would guess it was between 280-290 though. I sky-rocketed the ball so I don't see how it would have gotten much roll.

[Kujan]

Way to go!

[Hankster]

Can't go wrong with an eagle. Congrats!

[Golf'nBiker]

Cant help but luv it when the hole gets in the way!  Congrats!

[shotly]

Wow awesome man.. Even more impressive on a par 4 IMO. That's one heck of a drive too! What were you hitting??

[Orange]

Originally Posted by shotly

Wow awesome man.. Even more impressive on a par 4 IMO. That's one heck of a drive too! What were you hitting??

Just a Cleveland HiBore XLS 9.5 degree... this is my second summer with it and I couldn't be happier with some of my drives with it.

[shotly]

That's a bomb.. Stock shaft or aftermarket?

Justin