My First Eagle! (And a cool story...)

[johnclayton1982]

Yes, this is under the category of an awesome story from my round.  Wife doesn't get how cool this is, so i thought I would post.

2 vs 2 scramble (each hit, pick best ball, etc...), match play.  Losing team buys lunch at the grill after the round.  My team is one up on the 16th hole.  Par 5.  Other team is on the green in two, we're in a greenside bunker hitting our third (about 25 feet).  Take a sand wedge... and hole it out for eagle!  After both of them missed 30 foot putts, instead of being even with two to play, we're two up with two to play.

Its the best moment I've had on a golf course by quite a bit, and makes it especially sweet because I bought the "secrets of the short game" dvd and, ever since then, I've been practicing bunkers at the chipping green every time I go to the range for the past couple weeks.

What are some of your best moments in competition?  When did practice translate right to the course for you?  Its a great feeling.

(Also, I count it as my first eagle because we picked my drive and my second shot... so even though it was best ball, I'm still calling it my first eagle).

[darkhunter139]

Never played in a competition but I did just order Secrets to the short game.  I hope after watching it there are some eagles in my future as well :D

Congrats on your eagle!

[Cabrisses]

John, what course did you play at today? I know it's one in a million. But I saw a guy today do the same thing you were talking about for a eagle. He hit it right out of the sand and into the hole. With 3 other people watching.

[k14]

Nice work! Not quite as good a story as yours but I got new 56 and 60 degree callaway jaws wedges last week. On wednesday I was playing and managed to chip in with my 60 wedge on a par 4 for birdie. Was only I think the third time I had hit the wedge.

[johnclayton1982]

You'll love secrets of the short game.  Its a great video.  Especially the putting section about moving your hands forward.

Cabrisses: The course was the TPC Louisiana.