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As the saying goes, "Some bogeys are better than others." Just wondering if anyone wants to share a story about a bogey that ended up being a pretty good score?

For me, last summer I was in the semi-finals of our club championship (senior flight) and was two down after seven holes. Hole #8 was an uphill par 3 playing about 170 yards. To the left of the green is a bunker, and to the left of the bunker is a hill that has a severe drop to the 7th fairway. To the right of the green is about 20 yards of rough and then it is out-of-bounds. Most people aim a little right of the green and if you miss the green, you can usually get up-and-down, or at least make a bogey.

My tee shot was hit to the right, but it hit an overhanging tree and bounced out-of-bounds. My opponent's tee shot was slight short of the the green, but in pretty good position. Being a little upset, I put a little more focus into my second shot from the tee and ended up 12 feet from the pin. My opponent chunked his chip shot and then left his approach putt 5 feet from the hole. I holed the 12 footer for a bogey and he took two more putts for a double, so instead of being down three holes I was only down one. It was the turning point in the match, and I ended up winning on the 17th hole.

I love this game. :-D

Drivers: Bag 1 - TM R11 (10.5°); Bag 2 - Ping G5 (9°),
Fairway woods: #1 - TM RBZ Tour (14.5°) & TM System 2 Raylor (17°); #2 - TM Burner (15°) & TM V-Steel (18°)
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I love this game! :-D


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I once hit a ball 40 yards, with a wedge, out a water hazard, and one putted (12") for a bogey. The ball was in about 1/2" of water sitting on the moss covered concrete bottom of the flood channel. I was golfing with my son in law a hand to remind him that "old guys still rule". :dance:

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A whole bunch of Tour Edge golf stuff...... :beer:

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I have a fuzzy memory on anything but pars or better. I really can't remember a good bogey save. Probably because I already wrote off the hole as a miss since I didn't par it.

So no best bogey story for me.

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: 
:titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
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This happened to me last year. One a dog leg par 4, with OB all down the right and red hazard all down the left. I hit my drive way right and was in the fescue. I found it about 5 feet in bounds and smacked a SW but hooded it out and into the hazard on the left. The hazard was dried up because of work being done but it was hit-able although surrounded by tufts of grass I hit a good 7 iron from the hazard and put it 55 from the center of the triple tiered green in the right rough. It dropped a lob wedge from there to a foot. Tried my best on every shot. Was a lot of fun.

—Adam

 

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