Your moment of Zen

[ol 3 putts]

Or as I call it, "My moment of complete fear of blading a wedge"

 Silver Rock La Quinta CA I play here once a year rather I deserve it or not. Com on December!

 

[JxQx]

That's a solid 2 skip pond 

Edited August 19, 2016 by JxQx

[DaveP043]

6 minutes ago, JxQx said:

That's a solid 2 skip pond 

I saw @mvmac hit a shot to about 2 feet on this hole last January.  I, on the other hand, hit a scared-hook well left of the danger.

[JxQx]

1 minute ago, DaveP043 said:

I saw @mvmac hit a shot to about 2 feet on this hole last January.  I, on the other hand, hit a scared-hook well left of the danger.

There are 2 options in a "don't hit over there scenario"  1. hit to said point within inches or 2. hit on the complete opposite side of the planet.

[DaveP043]

I simply played the hole as it was designed, a really short dogleg-right par 4.

[baller7345]

....That bunker looks very inviting.

[CarlSpackler]

19 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

I simply played the hole as it was designed, a really short dogleg-right par 4.

It looks like a par 3. 

[DaveP043]

1 minute ago, CarlSpackler said:

It looks like a par 3. 

Just because its only 179 from the blue tees doesn't mean it can't be a par 4.  A really really short par 4.

[CarlSpackler]

8 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Just because its only 179 from the blue tees doesn't mean it can't be a par 4.  A really really short par 4.

Wow. I would have to go for it. No guts...

[DaveP043]

1 minute ago, CarlSpackler said:

Wow. I would have to go for it. No guts...

 

36 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

 I, on the other hand, hit a scared-hook well left of the danger.

I didn't say I wasn't trying to go for it, but at the last moment my self-preservation instinct took over, leading to the "scared-hook".  Turning it into a par-4 is a blatant attempt to save face on my part.  Obviously it didn't work 

That's a fun golf course, I hope we get to play it when I go back to La Quinta in January.

[Jeremie Boop]

179? So, like a 7 or 8 iron? 

[CarlSpackler]

1 minute ago, Jeremie Boop said:

179? So, like a 7 or 8 iron? 

A bladed 8 should do it. 

[Jeremie Boop]

Just now, CarlSpackler said:

A bladed 8 should do it. 

Basically it would depend on the temperature and wind which I would use. Besides, I'd tend to pull it anyway so I'd probably end up in the bunker.

[CarlSpackler]

11 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

Basically it would depend on the temperature and wind which I would use. Besides, I'd tend to pull it anyway so I'd probably end up in the bunker.

Bunker? What bunker? I only see the green.

[Jeremie Boop]

26 minutes ago, CarlSpackler said:

Bunker? What bunker? I only see the green.

Rofl, that's right, what was I thinking!

[CarlSpackler]

Just now, Jeremie Boop said:

Rofl, that's right, what was I thinking!

How is that for Zen? Remove all distractions. The only thing that exists is me, the club, the ball, and the hole. OOooooooohhhhmmmmm.

Notice how I brought that back on topic. 

[Jeremie Boop]

1 minute ago, CarlSpackler said:

How is that for Zen? Remove all distractions. The only thing that exists is me, the club, the ball, and the hole. OOooooooohhhhmmmmm.

Notice how I brought that back on topic. 

Actually, that is pretty accurate to what they say you should do on holes with trouble like this. Focus on where you want the ball to go, not where you don't. 

[DaveP043]

51 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

179? So, like a 7 or 8 iron? 

Yeah yeah, you big hitter you.  I think I probably hit 4 or 5, I think Mike hit 6.  The pin was back, so it was more like 185.

6 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

Actually, that is pretty accurate to what they say you should do on holes with trouble like this. Focus on where you want the ball to go, not where you don't. 

Not just holes like this, every single shot.  Even on a drive to a 100-yard wide fairway, pick a specific target to focus on, and ignore everything else.  If you ever play the Old Course, on your tee shot you aim at a wee bit of gorse just right of the Swilcan Bridge.  On 18, you aim at the center of the clock on the R&A clubhouse.  That fairway is 130 yards wide, and people miss it all day long.