Close Call of the day........................

[BuckeyeNut]

The 8th hole on my home course is one of the easiest holes on the course, but it still presents danger from the tee!   Aside from the 800lb gorilla that is visible ........."the ravine", a tee shot towards the left side of the fairway must carry at least 250 to carry the abyss........  For this reason, I typically hit driver and challenge the bunker/right so if I "miss a bit left" ,  at least I have a fighting chance to carry the SHEEIT............the bunker is 250 out to give perspective.....If I hit it in the bunker, I can handle that!!

This was my tee shot line today!!!!..........LOL

My tee-ball wasn't particularly solid, so I hit a provisional......I felt 98%certain my first ball was dead..............

OH YEA!!! A Close call to be sure!!......looking back towards the tee..........LOL

I've played this hole 200+ times, and this is the first time I found my ball "UP" when I had  such serious doubts............LOL I proceeded to wedge to 8ft....and miss the putt!!!

Son of a.......!!!!!!!!!!!

This makes me want to scream!!!!

Golf stories, with pictures...............ANYONE??

[mailman]

No pictures BUT on the SI2 Par 4 17th at my club the tee is well back and surrounded by trees and water and about 230-260 yards up on a very narrow fairway is a right angled dog leg right which has water on the left hand side. Anyways I connected beautifully with my drive this one day, straight as an arrow right down the centre line of the fairway BUT just as the ball started its descent it start to veer ever so elegantly to the left TOWARDS the water...then proceeded to hit a red stake, know that out of the ground BUT my ball bounced off 20 odd yards down the fairwary towards the green giving me a great second shot in to the hole :) Regards Mailman

[14ledo81]

That must have made your day to see the ball still in play when you came up.

[scorpion12]

Nice shot OP. I know I wouldn't be able to even consider aiming for the left side of the fairway... I don't have the length off the tee to carry the canyon there. I'd have to aim for the right and hope I didn't have the trees on the edge of the right side of the fairway blocking me on my next shot.

Pretty course though. Thanks for the photos!

[ay33660]

LOTS of close calls for these guys !!!!!!!!!!!

Some even followed us onto the fairways. Not the time to thin a shot.

[mailman]

They are in front mate...probably the safest place to be when around amateur golfers :)

Regards

Mailman