Post Your "Death Shot" with Pics/Video

[Vinsk]

1 hour ago, ChetlovesMer said:

This happened this morning. 

The picture doesn't really do it justice. The ball was a solid foot and a half above my feet. As I stood in the bunker. I ended up hitting it about 6 or 7 feet into the bunker. I did get a bogey sand save from there, so pretty good result all things considered. 

If I had to hit that shot…the ball would cheerfully go rolling down that street to the left in the picture.

[StuM]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

This happened this morning. 

The picture doesn't really do it justice. The ball was a solid foot and a half above my feet. As I stood in the bunker. I ended up hitting it about 6 or 7 feet into the bunker. I did get a bogey sand save from there, so pretty good result all things considered. 

Makes you wish you were a Lefty. 

[ChetlovesMer]

19 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

If I had to hit that shot…the ball would cheerfully go rolling down that street to the left in the picture.

He he... That's a cart path. Funny.

 

7 minutes ago, StuM said:

Makes you wish you were a Lefty. 

If only

[billchao]

3 hours ago, Vinsk said:

If I had to hit that shot…the ball would cheerfully go rolling down that street to the left in the picture.

If that was your lie it wouldn’t belong in this topic.

[Darkfrog]

From yesterday's round. Approach to the green was a little long, and my ball was sitting on the back fringe. Large pile of coyote shit between the hole and my ball. The putt was right to left breaking so luckily my line was maybe 2-3 feet to the right of the turd, and there wasn't much chance of rolling into it, unless I hit a terribly offline putt, or got unlucky with a deflection off a bump in the fringe (which is quite beat up where my ball came to rest).

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, Darkfrog said:

From yesterday's round. Approach to the green was a little long, and my ball was sitting on the back fringe. Large pile of coyote shit between the hole and my ball. The putt was right to left breaking so luckily my line was maybe 2-3 feet to the right of the turd, and there wasn't much chance of rolling into it, unless I hit a terribly offline putt, or got unlucky with a deflection off a bump in the fringe (which is quite beat up where my ball came to rest).

[Darkfrog]

Picture doesn't show it well but the ball is almost completely below the level of the sand, and in the face of the bunker on a steep upslope with a super awkward stance. For some reason this bunker had a lot of new sand built up against the side where my ball landed, at least 4-6” more built up than the rest of the bunker. Took me one swing to get out of the fried egg lie. Almost stayed out of the bunker but rolled back in still very close to the lip. Second swing to get into the rough just out of the bunker. One more swing to get on the green, and then a 1-putt for double bogey.

[DaveP043]

15 minutes ago, Darkfrog said:

Picture doesn't show it well but the ball is almost completely below the level of the sand, and in the face of the bunker on a steep upslope with a super awkward stance. For some reason this bunker had a lot of new sand built up against the side where my ball landed, at least 4-6” more built up than the rest of the bunker. Took me one swing to get out of the fried egg lie. Almost stayed out of the bunker but rolled back in still very close to the lip. Second swing to get into the rough just out of the bunker. One more swing to get on the green, and then a 1-putt for double bogey.

I would have done just the same, played it unsuccessfully, and then kick myself for not taking Unplayable Ball relief in the first place.

[Double Mocha Man]

2 hours ago, Darkfrog said:

Picture doesn't show it well but the ball is almost completely below the level of the sand, and in the face of the bunker on a steep upslope with a super awkward stance. For some reason this bunker had a lot of new sand built up against the side where my ball landed, at least 4-6” more built up than the rest of the bunker. Took me one swing to get out of the fried egg lie. Almost stayed out of the bunker but rolled back in still very close to the lip. Second swing to get into the rough just out of the bunker. One more swing to get on the green, and then a 1-putt for double bogey.

Love the footprint left there 18" to the right of your ball... (I know it wasn't you)

[bkuehn1952]

On 9/20/2021 at 2:03 PM, Darkfrog said:

From yesterday's round. Approach to the green was a little long, and my ball was sitting on the back fringe. Large pile of coyote shit between the hole and my ball. The putt was right to left breaking so luckily my line was maybe 2-3 feet to the right of the turd, and there wasn't much chance of rolling into it, unless I hit a terribly offline putt, or got unlucky with a deflection off a bump in the fringe (which is quite beat up where my ball came to rest).

In these situations, I borrow a buddy's club for clean up duty.

[billchao]

8 hours ago, Darkfrog said:

Picture doesn't show it well but the ball is almost completely below the level of the sand, and in the face of the bunker on a steep upslope with a super awkward stance. For some reason this bunker had a lot of new sand built up against the side where my ball landed, at least 4-6” more built up than the rest of the bunker. Took me one swing to get out of the fried egg lie. Almost stayed out of the bunker but rolled back in still very close to the lip. Second swing to get into the rough just out of the bunker. One more swing to get on the green, and then a 1-putt for double bogey.

For some reason I’m actually pretty good at these.

Oh right, it’s experience 😃

[Big Lex]

I don't have one to share yet...but I like thinking about yours.

There are all sorts of risks no matter which option you choose, and I would have accepted I'm making at least bogey and would be trying to avoid triple. So I would be trying to get on the green in no more than 2, but give myself a chance of getting on in 1 if I'm lucky.

Even chipping backwards, to avoid the risks of the tree AND the pond, still leaves you with a little shot over a bunker.

I think I would have hit toward the bunker and tried to get it to run through the bunker...maybe punch intentionally off the toe or hooded, sort of so it has a chance to scuttle through the sand. Hitting toward the water is just scary because it's easy to hit little shots thin.

Edited September 20, 2022 by Big Lex

[ChetlovesMer]

Not sure this is as bad as some of the others on this thread. I had a plugged lie in a very wet greenside bunker on 17 today. 

I was able to knock this out and actually get it to a very makeable distance. I missed the putt though and was happy to settle with a bogey. 

[billchao]

I started the day with a 300 yard drive… right behind a tree:

The green, not pictured, is straight through the tree. Had to chip that out about 45° right onto the fairway.

Closed the day (almost) with another bomb on 17, right behind another tree:

Managed to hit a 6i chip and run just short of the green past the no carts sign, ended up parring the hole.

A playing partner said to me, “If you move that back I won’t say anything.” To which I responded, “If I don’t try to hit this shot I won’t learn anything.” 😃

[The Flush]

[saevel25]

Today, I had the luck to push some (3-4 😛) shots into trees and have them not hit anything but a few leaves. 

Then on the 18th hole (9th for the 9 hole round), I got tree karma. After blasting a drive through the fairway, my ball ended up against the lone tree on the right side of the fairway. That tree in the distance is just right of the green, about 30-40 yard short of the green.