Best Shot of the Week

[misty_mountainhop]

Difficult this time. Played a Winter League match yesterday (coldish day at ~4°C) and had my best round (69 gross) in a long time. Here's the pick:

1st hole, par 4: Chip in on 1st. After a rusty drive, a fattish approach and a rather strong chip through the green, hit a perfect return chip-and-run 7-iron which died into the hole for a par. Had to be a good day after that!

10th hole, par 5: Second shot into par 5. Into the slight breeze. Good drive in the middle of the fairway leaving maybe 250-260 yards to centre of green. Absolutely striped a 3-wood, on the flag all the way from the clubface and finished on the front edge leaving a nice 2-putt birdie.

18th hole, par 4: Approach into last green. Match all-square on last tee. Good drive splits the fairway leaving about 100 yards into slight breeze. Full 52° gap wedge, on the flag all the way. Pitches 6-8 feet over the flag and screws back to about 2 feet left of the flag. Sunk the putt for a birdie and a 1-up win.

The beer tasted very good afterwards .

[Sandplay]

I was playing a shortish par 4 so took 6 iron off the tee to put it on the fairway got it quite far down but a bit right had about 140 metres down a hill hit an 8 iron really hard and high landed 2 metres away from the pin and stopped. My birdie putt ended up staying right on the lip and would not fall in had to tap in for par.

[Chilli Dipper]

The fifth hole at Celebrity Golf Club International is a 230-yard par 3 from the blues, downhill, and with a carry over a hazard all the way to the green. I hit my first shot heavy with a 4-wood, and the ball failed to clear the hazard. With no other option available, I reteed, and swung again with the same club. This time, I caught it just right, and the result was a tap-in for an all-world bogey.

[bbedell]

havent played much the past month or so as I have been studying for my national board exam

The best shot I had was last weekend when I got a hole in one on Tiger Woods 2008 :)

[hoser]

The best shot of my last round ...

I went for the 2nd hole, a par 5, in two. I pushed it a bit and ended up short sided. I was left with a 20 yard pitch over a bunker. I had about 10 feet of green to work with but the pin was on the front right with the green sloping away from me, from left to right.

I hit sweet lob about 4 feet on to the green, pin high. It caught the slope and down for a 3 footer.

Made birdie :)

[flopdarock]

80 yrds out...
ball in right rough sitting up...
pin tucked back right with 2 traps in the way...
hit a high slight fade with my 52*...
ball checked hard on the frozen green leaving me a 3" tap in par

[gncsmith]

  bbedell said:

havent played much the past month or so as I have been studying for my national board exam

Sounds like me, I've been playing a lot of T.W. 2008 in the last few weeks. Anyone ever play T.W. online with each other from on here?

[ks8829]

Chipped in from 30 yards away for eagle, aimed slightly left and opened up the club face slightly, the ball landed and checked right and rolled in center cup.

[jschen]

Until today, I had never felt confident enough in my driver to use it on course. I had really lousy ball striking today, topping most shots. But ball striking recently was much improved, so I went ahead and used driver for the first time today. Had several nice solid 250+ yard drives. The best of them came on a short 300 yard par 4, where I left myself a 30 yard pitch from just off the fairway. Bladed the PW pitch, but the ball rolled straight to the front of the green. A surprisingly good 8i chip left me with a 1 foot slightly uphill putt with no break. That was an easy par putt to convert.

Felt great hitting the driver so cleanly. But in the future, I'm not going to hit driver on a 300 yard par 4. There's no point leaving myself with a tricky pitch shot when I could tee off with something a bit shorter and leave myself a full PW, 9i, or 8i distance.

[The Road Dog]

Yesterday December 26, 2009, A Hole In One on a par three 137 yard hole at Twin Brooks GC, St Petersburg, FL. I was playing a tune up round with short irons and wedges. Hit a soft 8 iron off the tee, a nice high lofted ball that hit the green in line with the pin. I looked down for something at that moment. When I looked up the ball was gone. I figured it rolled completely across the green and off the other side. Walked to the green and looked down the bank behind it, no ball. Strange, I thought, so when I looked in the cup, there it was. I picked it up and for a second didn't realize I was finished with the hole. Really unfamiliar territory for me. But I like it!

[flopdarock]

hit a money 7w from 170... ball above my feet... first cut of rough... 10" away from an eagle

[odecca1980]

197 yard 7 iron. Probably swung the club wrong but still, nice distance for me :).

[Philip9210]

Chipped in from about 40-60 feet, it was for par, but seeing as I usually shoot 110+, I was so excited to get the ball in from that distance haha. Also had a few 10-20 foot putts that fell...just wish I could drive, pitch, and hit my irons consistently haha, its like the only thing that saves me is 1-2 putting everything.

[Callawaychic]

Bandon Trails Par 3 Drove the green 202 yrds 1 foot beside the pin for my first birdie in Bandon!!

[flopdarock]

almost got an ace yesterday on a 181 par3 pin tucked in the back middle... 4w hit the middle of the green... rolled to the flag... bounced off and went 2ft to the right...

today my only decent shot was a 3h right at the flag...

one of these days one of these shots has got to go in

[Doctorfro]

Finishing hole at our home course is a big dogleg right par five. Rarely does anyone get home in two. Off the tee I pushed my tee shot right of this big tree at the dogleg corner and ball ended up in a hazard. I took my drop and proceeded to hit a 3 wood 245 yards to an elevated green. Lipped out the birdie putt. Par from no mans land.

[IPgolfer]

Was playing at a course i had never played before. Par 5 pushed my drive out to the right, had to punch out straight sideways from a tree then hit 5 hybrid from 190m to about 1-2 metres away and made birdie.

[garch]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, and back playing golf after about 5 years, and back then I never really 'got it'. Now, I'm starting to groove a decent swing, and am feeling increasingly confident.

Today on a course near me called Aldenham I nailed a 5 wood 6 feet stiff on a 208 yard par 3. The flight and penetration of it will push me on for a long time! You can't beat that feeling can you.

I stroked in the second for a birdie, and a smile for the rest of day.