Have you ever been this close?

[Spitfisher]

Up hill slightly, green slopes back to front. 166 yard par 3, hit 12 feet behind the pin and spun back......just wasn't the time. yes I made the putt How close was yours?

[CarlSpackler]

I had one roll by about that close, but it rolled a few feet by. I have @missitnoonan and @Jeremie Boop

And yes, I made that putt.

[Slice of Life]

Man that sucks! I mean, I'd never complain about a 1/2" birdie putt, but missing an ace by that much has to hurt.

[Yukari]

I had one sitting on the lip just like yours.

About 8 years ago, I hit a 9 iron on 155 yds par 3.  The ball landed about 10 feet from the pin, then rolled towards the pin, which was in the shade.  I thought it had gone in, but it had stopped right on the lip.

Since than, I had two hole-in-ones.

[vangator]

I had one hanging on the lip like your years ago. Right behind the hole, so it must have been partly in at one time. Also had one fly in the hole and take a piece of the cup with it. That ball ricocheted off the green Never had a hole in one.

[Pretzel]

I've had one where my ball landed squarely in the hole, partially dislodged the pin, and then ricocheted out (it was a 230 yard par 3, so it had some speed going into the hole). The closest I've ever come though was a 9-iron that I spun back to the hole while taking a lesson, which then proceeded to do a complete horseshoe around the hole to end up 2" away.

[WUTiger]

Years ago, I hit a 9i into a short par 3, landed a foot past cup, and spun back 2" in front of cup- easy birdie.

For this season, I am to blame for your ball not going into the cup.

On July 31, I teed it up on a 166-yd. par 3, hit a 6i onto the front fringe, and watched it release 12 feet forward into the cup for a hole in one. The cosmic order only allows so many HOIs on 166-yd. par 3 holes, so I may have absorbed the last one for 2014. (Please forgive me).

Fear not, we're entitled to a HOI once every 50 years.

[David in FL]

Years ago, I hit a 9i into a short par 3, landed a foot past cup, and spun back 2" in front of cup- easy birdie. For this season, [COLOR=800000] I am to blame for your ball not going into the cup. [/COLOR] On July 31, I teed it up on a 166-yd. par 3, hit a 6i onto the front fringe, and watched it release 12 feet forward into the cup for a hole in one. The cosmic order only allows so many HOIs on 166-yd. par 3 holes, so I may have absorbed the last one for 2014. (Please forgive me). Fear not, we're entitled to a HOI once every 50 years .

I'm overdue.... :-(

[Strandly]

I've had skid marks ( ?) 8-10 inches from the cup a couple times and heard the ball hit the fabric part of the flag once but nothing closer than that so far.

[brice]

LOL that's brutal. Once in a tournament I had two shots spin back over the lip, all I could do was laugh at the second one. For me barely missing a HIO is always the most conflicting feeling in golf. I made one early in my golf career but I've yet to pull off another one

[whatwoodtigerdo]

Should've played a ProV. Nice shot.

[Al B Tross]

Should've played a ProV. Nice shot.

:-$ Nice

[RayG]

you name it, I've missed by however. Lip outs, horseshoes, pin knocks, Lip out going by in one direction up the hill only to have the ball roll back down the hill and lip out again (THAT one hurt). Any and all means have prevented me from getting the first one after 40+ years. I've holed more albatrosses on par 5's (5) than Aces.

[scorpion12]

That right there is a heartbreaker and makes you kind of hope for a heavy truck hitting a speed bump nearby to shake the ball into the hole.

[Spitfisher]

That right there is a heartbreaker and makes you kind of hope for a heavy truck hitting a speed bump nearby to shake the ball into the hole.

it was a pretty calm day too, last year In tournament play I did the same, same course, different hole  that one hit and took a short hop and roll to the hole. I obviously got closest to pin beating out a guy at 6 inches.

The only fear I have in getting a hole in one is no witnesses while playing rounds by myself.

[Aflighter]

Just imagine if you was in a tournament with closest to pin on that hole and had to stick metal marker with the paper with name on it in that spot.Where would you actually stick it in without damaging the lip or if they used the ruler type,what would you write as the distance.

[Spitfisher]

Just imagine if you was in a tournament with closest to pin on that hole and had to stick metal marker with the paper with name on it in that spot.Where would you actually stick it in without damaging the lip or if they used the ruler type,what would you write as the distance.

You couldn't get it any closer with out it dropping in. I put the heel of the putter down and ever so slowly touched it....and it fell in.

[AllenEagledOnce]

What happens if you pull the flag out to putt out the hole and the ball drops in?