Strangest par you've ever had?

[supercow]

Mine was on a short 380 yard, par 4. Perfect drive. Next shot went waaaayyy right, hit a tree, and bounced across to the left side of the green where I was stuck in the rough/fringe. Played a half chip/pitch to tap in range.

[Norm66]

345 yard par-4, my drive drifted into the trees on the right. My 2nd shot I overcooked a hybrid chip shot and it went over the back of the elevated green and almost into the weeds. Third shot I flubbed my chip and didn't make the green. Fourth shot I chipped in for par. Still couldn't salvage the round though. :0)

My best one though was a chip-in for birdie after slicing my tee-shot up onto a big hillside, but that's a different thread...

[gulfsidebo]

I'm not good. I never claimed to be.

I botched my drive really bad. My second swing would be considered a horrible improvement from my drive. Deep in the woods I had a wonderful pitch right to the green a few feet from the hole where I was able to dump it in for an even 4 par. I felt a bit like Phil....just for a second though. My next hole quickly reminded me who I REALLY am.

[wachesawgolfer]

Short par 4, 380 yards or so, weak drive to the right 180 total, pull hook into waste bunker left about 50 yards out now, pitch to a tap in. Easy par never in doubt.

[BritBoy]

Short par 4, 350 yards. I pushed my tee shot behind a huge tree, thought I was better than I am and tried to fade it around the tree. The fade turned out to be a flat out slice that put me in the cabbage right of the green. I had what I thought was no shot at an elevated green and the ball was buried it thick, long grass. I took my hybrid, just hoping to get out of the crap, and played a little punch type shot. The ball came out clean, rolled up the bank onto the green and stopped about three feet from the hole. Made the putt to save par

[golfchief]

Par 5.
shots;
1. pull drive into trees, pops out into a sand trap next to the woods. ball was in back of trap,no full swing possible.

2. choke down on hybrid,chip to fairway.

3. try to hit a cut over water to a dogleg right green, hit it dead straight. ended up behind big willow tree, between roots and no shot at the green.

4. Only shot was too left of green toward some mounds, hit a good shot to top of a mound.

5. Holed about a 30 foot chip for par.

This was in a league match and my opponent just dropped to his knees and says don't you ever make a boggie.

I happened to shoot a one under 35 that night.

[Elvisliveson]

Going for the green on a real narrow 287 uphill par 4, my first drive was errant and my playing companions said "better hit another". So I did and we watched it go up torwards the green. After a quick look for my original tee shot to no avail, my companions played their approches to the green and we walked up - I was half a foot away for a tap in par. Best part is i got a all the skins leading up to that hole because the two other guys who played it safe and hit the green in regulation 3-putted!

[clstrat]

i'm sure there's a weirder one, but this is the par that always sticks out in my mind...

short 90* dogleg right par 4. hole 8 at BCC in RM, NC. a fairway bunker guards the right edge of the fairway/rough with TALL monkey grass all along the right side and trees to the right of that. in other words: Don't hit it right.

of course, i pull out a 3 wood to play it safe and knock my ball straight into love grass. i take an unplayable and then chunk my approach, barely clearing the original fairway bunker. left with about 60 yards, i hole out a lob wedge from the fairway for par.

[Sowbug2000]

392 yd par 4

Drive left, somewhat behind and under tree/branches. Punch 3 hybrid onto the green (@ 150 yds), 2 putt.

I love using that Burner 3 hybrid for punch shots.

[lamebums]

485 yard par 5, #6 at Willows. Drive in the trees to the right, shanked the second shot, a 7 iron trying to get over the trees. Then dribbled my 3 wood down the cart path to about 150. Fourth shot into the sand just short of the green. Then chipped in for par. Happened about three months ago.

[NM Golf]

Par 5. I hooked my drive out-of-bounds. Hit my second drive right down the middle. Hit a 5 iron to six feet and made the putt, par.

[Guest]

My strangest and most memorable by far was this year while playing at one of our top courses in the country. It´s a true links course by the see in between the dunes. I hit driver on a very narrow 285 yard blind par 4 hoping to get near or on the green. Unfortunately I slightly hooked it and the wind took it out of bounds. Tee´d another ball up and flushed it towards the green. As it was a blind shot I did not know what to expect but was happy to find the ball 3 feet from the hole, which I easily made for par

[OldDog66]

425 yard Par 4. Hooked a drive only about 150 yards into the trees. Right behind a big tree. Had two choices: Punch out backwards to the fairway or take it down the adjoining fairway. Tried the adjoining fairway and hit a 2 iron hybrid that nipped a tree and went across the fairway into the rough. Now I'm about 135 from the green with a row of large trees between. Hit an 8 iron towards the green. Could not see the pin but it ended up 18 inches from the pin. Tapped in for a par.

[azgreg]

This morning: 360 yard par 4, skyed the drive about 2 miles up and about 85 yards out. Hit a 14 degree hybrid to about 10 ft short of the green, almost holed the chip, tap in par.

[RKO]

527 yard uphill Par 5. Shot sequence was as follows:

1) I hit a drive on the right side that was extremely close to O.B.
2) I had no shot because of an obstruction right in front of me, so I chipped it on the fairway about 20 yards.
3) Hit a 4 Iron (I have had no hybrid or fairway woods at the time) and advanced it further up on the fairway.
4) Pitched onto the green.
5) Hit a long 25 footer breaking from right to left.

It was a nice feeling to say the least hitting that putt, but strange that I covered all 527 with that kind of shot sequence. Haha, i'll take it any day of the week though.

[doublesuited77]

short par-5 to island green. Hit driver, 3-wood to about 15 feet. Pin is on a sidehill lie abut 5 feet from the edge. I putt into the water and then chip in for par.

[IeaglePar3s]

It happended about 2 months ago on a 175 yard par 3. I set up swung and I skulled it right into the creek that was infront of the teabox about 100yards. I heard it hit a tree but thought nothing of it. Proceeded to hit my provisional, drove down the hill only to see my ball laying maybe 5 yards behind a bunker. Funny thing was it wasn't my provisional but my real ball. I chipped it up to maybe 3 feet from the pin and sunk it for par. Guess I got an amazing kick out of the creek lol. Im still not sure if that counts as a par since I hit my provisional, but it was memorable par none the less.

[cubfanbob]

April 2004, first round with my current golf crew - 349 yard Par 4.

Shot #1 - Top my tee shot off #1, into the bunker at #18.
Shot #2 - Blast out of the bunker
Shot #3 - Hit a decent 3-wood to just inside the 150 marker
Shot #4 - 6-iron hits the front of the green, bounces once and rolls into the cup