Best Shot of the Week

[StuM]

Was hitting my driver well today, but this was my favorite, and finished it out with tap in for Par.

Edited May 30 by StuM
Fixed typos

[Shindig]

I shot an 85 yesterday without any shots that really stood out as spectacular to me.  On the first nine, the highest SG shots that didn't originate on a tee were a 22 yard chip from the rough to 6' and sinking a 10' putt (not the same hole).  

On the second nine, driver 4-hybrid to 17' on a 421 yard par-4 was pretty cool.  Sinking a 15' putt for par on the 420-yard par-4 15th was my largest SG of the day (0.98 vs 10 hcp), and that one goes on my acting resume because when it went in, I acted like I wasn't surprised I made the putt.  

I'm a lot happier with that round than this post indicates.  It shows I can play to a pretty good score (a 10-11 handicap shooting 85 on a 70.9 / 125 / 6400 yard is a good performance I think) without having to work miracles. 

[StuM]

3 hours ago, Shindig said:

I shot an 85 yesterday without any shots that really stood out as spectacular to me.  On the first nine, the highest SG shots that didn't originate on a tee were a 22 yard chip from the rough to 6' and sinking a 10' putt (not the same hole).  

On the second nine, driver 4-hybrid to 17' on a 421 yard par-4 was pretty cool.  Sinking a 15' putt for par on the 420-yard par-4 15th was my largest SG of the day (0.98 vs 10 hcp), and that one goes on my acting resume because when it went in, I acted like I wasn't surprised I made the putt.  

I'm a lot happier with that round than this post indicates.  It shows I can play to a pretty good score (a 10-11 handicap shooting 85 on a 70.9 / 125 / 6400 yard is a good performance I think) without having to work miracles. 

A nice consistent road is just as satisfying as a round with a few outstanding shots.

nice round.

 

[saevel25]

Club of the week, my hybrid. Stripe show on every shot. This one was probably the best. About 240 to the green. The ball was on a severe upslope. I hit it just off the back of the green (like 1-ft. 

[Shindig]

I haven't run the ShotScope yet, but I played 18 today.  I hit a great drive on 6 and then, holes 7-17 (excluding par-3s) I hit some very uninspired drives.  Then, after hitting on 17, I realized I'm over-swinging.  So at 18, I took a practice swing with the drill I've been doing during practice shots at home the past few weeks.  Then I decided, one more practice swing, but you know, with the ball right there. So I did.  I didn't even hit it at full speed.  It resulted in a nice high draw and settled onto the fairway.  To put it simply:  if the rules allowed me to place the ball anywhere in my reasonable shot zone as that tee shot, the spot I would have chosen is where it ended up.  I went on to hit two more good shots (it's a par-5) and left myself with a 7' birdie putt.  While I missed it, that drive is going to stay in my head for a very long time. 

[Shindig]

I holed out from 22 yards for birdie today during my round;  this is my second-farthest away hole out of the year (so far).

[saevel25]

Probably the 130 yard shot where I had to punch a 6 iron just to the right spot to run it up onto the green. Missing too far right runs down a hill, and left hits the trees blocking out the 3/4th of the green. I was able to get the ball point high for about a 25-ft putt. 

[bkuehn1952]

A small mistake that worked out great. The hole location was very far back and way left. A small mound on the green hide the hole. I hit my 8-iron approach planning to be a bit right of the hole but tugged it a little left of where I wanted to be. Went straight at the flag and disappeared behind the mound. I thought it could be good and it was, 6 inches from the hole.

 

p.s. Yes, I managed to make the birdie putt. 😉