What do you consider a "good" shot?

[Stormin]

I guess that I am too simple.

Did the ball go where I intended it to when I lined up the swing? Then it was a good shot.

Did not go where I intended and it still worked out? Then it was a lucky shot.

[RH31]

pick the right club

pick the right shot

line it up correctly

swing on the correct path

make solid contact

= good shot

any one of those 5 aren't executed correctly and its meh to bleh

[PeteK]

I pretty much just grip it and rip it.  If I were to hit it within 2' of the pin and someone said "great shot", I'd just say thanks and act like I did it on purpose.  But my handicap is like 1000, so......

[bm85]

Any intentional shot that is a success and helps you score is a good one to me. Memorable shot I witnessed was a fade around a big tree, from a bad lie 180yds out, onto the green.

[McObra]

Any shot that goes somewhere near where I think it should go!

[dfreuter415]

At my regular Wednesday outing, I presented this question to my best golf buddy.  Here is what we decided...

A good shot is one that ends up where you wanted it to go, regardless of how it got there.

A good swing is one where you execute your fundamentals and strike the ball in the middle of the club face and on line to your target, regardless of where the ball finishes.

[Fairway_CY]

It depends on how much I'm playing.  When I'm playing often (3+ times per month), I consider a good shot one that stayed at least somewhat online with my intended target.  Someone said within about 10 yards of their intended line.  That's about right for me.

When I'm not playing very often (1-2 times per month or less), I consider a good shot one that didn't end up in a hazard or in any trouble.

If someone says 'good shot' to me... I'll always thank them, even if I'm not necessarily happy with the result.

I have a bad habit of saying something too early, when the ball is in the air, and then it can hit the ground and get an odd bounce or something and people get upset.  I've been on the receiving end of that and I laugh it off.  It's not something they said to me or my ball that made it end up where it did... it's a combination of where/how I hit it and some form of luck.

Shrug...

CY

[Lihu]

At my regular Wednesday outing, I presented this question to my best golf buddy.  Here is what we decided...

A good shot is one that ends up where you wanted it to go, regardless of how it got there.

A good swing is one where you execute your fundamentals and strike the ball in the middle of the club face and on line to your target, regardless of where the ball finishes.

Good point, and not sure if this is correct but I thought: good_shot = function(good_swing, good_contact, good_flight, closeness_to_target) ?

[9wood]

I agree with those who say, a good shot is one that does what I intend for it to do.