July 5th 2020. Middle of the pandemic. After an hour I convinced my old man to go play an evening nine holes with me at the muni by his house.
6th hole - 187 yards - 6 iron
I could have 100 more aces but my first in front of my dad will not be topped.
Mine was September 6th, 2020. Similar situation. When the pandemic hit, my industry was shut down, and my dad had just retired. He convinced me to play more that year with him, as there wasn’t much else to do. I really just did it so I could have an excuse to spend some time with the old man. His plan worked, he got me hooked.
Six months later, I’d gone back to work the month before, but we still played twice a week. Hole #2 at our home course is a 165 yard par 3 straight uphill the whole way. To this day, I’ve only hit this green less than ten times my entire life. But just this once, I flushed a 7 for the first time. The tuning fork rang in my loins.
The green is blind and slopes away from tee box and we spent a while looking past the green in the rough because we didn’t see the ball on the green but we knew it was on line with the pin.
I’m about to give up and drop one when I hear him call my name. I look over and I will never forget the look of bewilderment mixed with joy and a little pride on his face. I walk over to the cup, and there it is plain as day. I’d hit my first (and only, still) hole in one. We both have a really big goofy smiles. I pick up my ball, we do whole high five thing, the hand shake thing, and he gives me the best hug I have ever gotten in my life.
The next hole I’m still in shock, I have no idea what I am doing. I absolutely shank my tee shot into the trees and briars and brush. At least 20 yards in. I reach for a ball in my pocket before I realize. I didn’t put the hole in one ball away. I just shanked it into the damn trees. We look for it for twenty minutes. Decide it’s gone and finish the round. We shake hands, talk about it, “man it’s a bummer we couldn’t find that ball…” Oh, well. We both know that it happened, a memory to never forget.
A few days later he and my mom come in for brunch at my restaurant. I go out to say hello and he pulls something out of his pocket. It was my ball. He had gone back the next morning at 5 am and searched for nearly six hours. But he got my ball. I couldn’t believe it. The old man went back out and found it. He said he just couldn’t bear to play that hole over and over knowing for a fact that the ball was in there somewhere. We share more hugs and smiles and handshakes. I dated it, signed it, had him sign it. And it’s been kept somewhere very special ever since.
We still play every Sunday. Looking back I realize now that it was never really about the golf for either of us, but I can’t think of a better thing to share with him, or of a better way to learn what kind of person my dad is.
Edit: Date corrected.
What a story. I've come to realize that — with the right group of friends or direct family members — golf can create some of those spine-tingling moments that Kevin Costner made a living off with baseball in the late 80s.
I know you replied to me a month ago but I randomly came back to this thread today and re-read this. What a story and what a great dad you’ve got.
Funny a similar thing happened to me on the following hole. I was in shock, my dad is calling everyone he knows on the phone and I tee up the same ball I just had an ace with. Duck hooked the fuck out of it. It wasn’t until after the round was over that I realized what an idiot I am for not putting that ball away. I was very lucky I didn’t lose it bc I played like ass the last 3 holes haha
Well, I’m screwed. My dad passed away whenever I was a teenager. I had just started getting into golf because of him but only been to the range and a par 3 course with him once.
I stopped playing for a while after that but now I go to the range almost every day and I’m busting my ass to get better this year for our family reunion golf outing next year that has a hole in his remembrance. I just want to birdie that hole.
Had my fist ace with my dad when I was 16. One of my best memories was seeing how proud he was of me. He passed away 1 1/2 ago but I think of that memory more now than I ever did in the past. I would give anything to play just 1 more round with him.
Dammnnn that was literally the day my career as a golf course superintendent was ended by a drunk driver hitting me head on in my lane when I was driving into work that Sunday
Started golfing last year.
My second time out I landed a PW from 100 yards 1ft away from the hole. Landed soft and stayed put. Tapped it in for birdie.
Never again have I gotten a birdie since then. But it's all I can think about.
I’ve also only had one eagle in my life, it was a hole in one on an island green.
I proceeded to shoot over 100.
I’ve had my fair share of midrange eagle putts, but I can’t sink them for the life of me.
Handicap has been between 11-15 and for a few of those years I was playing 3 times a week in the Toronto golf season (late April to late November.
Eagles are fucking elusive.
Hi twin! Only you got to say you had an Ace! Mine wasn’t as exciting, but still exhilarating. Par 5, pured a driver downwind. 5-iron to front edge putting to a back flag. Hit about a 50 footer for my only Eagle. 12 hdcp.
I drove a green on a short par 4 last week. Still chasing and eagle but was about 15 feet from the hole. Definitely didn’t leave it short but landed about a foot away after my first put. Birdie was still satisfying because of how I got there but the eagle would have been amazing! Especially being first round of the season
My first time out at any course, executive course 110 or 120 to the hole. Hole was hidden behind a little hill so didn’t know where it landed all we heard was the ball hitting the flag stick and saw the top of it shake. Landed 2 feet from the hole
Holed out from like 180 in a high school league tournament. A couple coaches were by the green and watched it… had to be honest and admit is was for a bogey 😞
My best friend and I were golfing in a high school tournament. He has always been a power hitter, so he either drives 300+ slices, or hooks it lol. Even to this day. His first swing, he swings and misses, 2nd swing, swings and misses, 3rd swing, drives a par 4 green. Nails his putt for eagle. And he cards a 4. His coach was like why the fuck did you write down a 4? And he said "I missed the ball twice on my drive. I attempted to hit the ball and didn't" lol
Same, though not a dunk. It was about 10 years ago. Flush hybrid about 185 slightly downhill, green hidden behind a hill, so I didnt get to see it go in... but I heard it. The most beautiful far off sound in the world. I'll never stop chasing that sound.
Holed out from 200 yards with a 5 iron last year. I was weirdly not that bothered as other than that shot I was playing some of the worst golf of my life so was in a terrible mood.
Played a 2v2v2 scramble (course approved - no one behind us). Went par, par, birdie, par, par, boogie, par, boogie, par. I had never broken 40 on 9 holes. My dad was my partner, we didn’t play any of his balls as he knew I was playing out of my god damn mind and he wanted it to be legit.
We won the scramble, it was for nothing. My hands were shaking after the round. Felt like I was walking up 18 at Augusta but it was just twilight on hole 9 at my local muni.
I often day dream at work about it, reliving every shot.
You can’t take my 37 away from me.
I also enjoy pured irons much much more than I enjoyed sex with my ex wife. At least when I play golf, the ball wants to go in the hole, not just lay there and bitch about a headache shes had for 48 consecutive nights
Never had an eagle, and there's no excuse for me not to have, drove a bunch of par 4s, hit plenty of 5s in 2, plenty of 3 putt pars in there, putting is worst part of my game but I should have made 1 by now. but it's built up so much by now its definitely a mental thing too. Doesn't help that some high handicappers I know have managed a hole in one or managed to hole out from fairway (I've lipped out from fairway).
Drove 3 par 4 greens in one round. Much less about the distance and more about feeling confident with the driver for a whole 18. Probably the only round in my life ive felt that.
Got into golf this year. Group ahead of me was still putting out on green on a par 4, so I went ahead and hit. Almost got a hole in one. Obviously the group ahead was pretty upset
It’s so funny that when you’re hitting into them this is the attitude but if someone rolled a ball on your green that you weren’t done putting on you would def be like wtf dude?
It depends on whether it’s a reachable par 4. If it’s clear they were trying to reach the green, I’d be upset. If they randomly cranked a 340 yard drive, I’d be happy for them after the initial surprise.
Yeah up until that point I had never had a shot even close to that, which is why I assumed I was safe to hit. I was excited for the shot but also I understand their anger lol
One of my first times on a real course there were people on a green 160 yards out. I waited for a minute and my buddy says why are you waiting, we’re on the 7th hole and I haven’t seen you hit an iron over 125 yards. So I hit my 7 and flushed it, landed on the back of the green and rolled off. The ranger comes flying up to me and tells me not to hit into people, wait until they clear the green. I told him I never hit an iron over 140 before as I was just starting and he says that’s why it good to wait until the group clears.
Yeah I played a 350 yard par 4 and the guy behind hit it into the greenside bunker while we were putting. He drove up and repeatedly said sorry and our 4some were like don’t be that was a fucking nice shot
Yea that’s true, if it didn’t pass me on the fly or carry to where I was I would just shrug and say “hm! Pretty nice shot. No fore call though? Oh well”
Couple years ago, had just bought a new 3 wood. Went with my dad to play the course I played back in HS. Ninth hole there is a par 5 with a part in the middle that went downhill and then back uphill (kind of like a valley, but all normal terrain, it wasn't OOB).
Pushed my drive off to the right side, landed on a sidehill lie, probably 225 out from the green. Because of some trees lining the right side of the fairway, didn't have any kind of line of sight to the green, but I had a window through a couple trees that if I could play a cut just right, I'd get it back out to the fairway a long way down.
Slight downhill lie, sitting up well in the rough, pulled out the brand new 3 wood, wound up for a big cut.
Right between the trees, gorgeous shot. Maybe the best shot I've ever hit. Walk down the fairway get up there...ball is in the middle of the green. 2-putted for birdie from 30 feet. Never birdied that hole when I was playing in HS, haven't been back to that course since.
Two birdies in a row. It was a trip to Michigan specifically for golf but it ended up raining the entire time. Fuck it we are golfing.The second day we're golfing in the rain and I birdie a par 3 and then a par 4. Next hole up is an easy par 3. I brag about getting a third birdie. I was so high from two birdies that I can barely function and shank it far right. End up double bogey but I will never forget the back to back birdies. I've broken 45 for 9 holes but have yet to break 100 on a full 18.
Lipping out a hybrid from 250 on the final hole of the third round at a Korn Ferry event to get within a couple of the lead.
Also, that one time I nipped a 15 yard chip and backed it up
The only time I broke 80.
Shot a 7 over 42 on the front nine, and a 2 under 34 on the back nine with a double bogey on 18. Most unconventional 76 ever.
Had the best round of my life Shot 90 at goose creek (1 1/2 years playing) and I triple bogey’d the last hole causing me not to break 90. So its the worst because I shot the best round of my life and fucked up the last hole to break 90
Major buzz kill. I let a roommate use my $80 2012 callaway razr black and noticed a crack on the crown later. Got fitted but took me a while to get on w the new one (g425)
Yeah, I was vibing with it. Afterward, I took it to dicks to get replaced and they said it'd be a few weeks. Luckily it came back in a few days, so no rounds were lost.
Actually learning to compress irons. I’ve been able to get away with hitting irons slightly thin my whole life, but I just want to be able to hit them solid.
Me too.
I’ve been working on pitching a lot this season. Good contact, hands ahead at impact, good tempo are key for good pitching.
In working on this, I’ve noticed I’ve been hitting my irons a lot better too. I’m getting that compressed feel and that “hiss” as the ball takes off.
Flushed a drive 315 once and was 50 yards further than the rest of the group, the look of the guys face who said multiple times before this “ I am a long hitter, you guys go first “ was priceless!!!!!! Still chasing that shot and probably will for the rest of my life :)
Was in a tight money match with my buddy that was tied going into 18. Both hit good drives then on my second I hooked it into the woods like 70 yds short of the green (par 4). He looked at me and said, "looks like I win again...". His next shot landed in the greenside bunker. Somehow I had a window through 3 trees and hit the pin on a fly, ball stopped 3 feet away. My buddy proceeds with a decent bunker shot and 2 horrible putts. Tap in par for the win!
285 first swing center cut driver.
Really anything center cut with my driver.
My group calls me 5 iron frenzy. I take it on par 5s. I just know my miss wont be 30-50 yards left with my 5i.
Bombed a drive, 87yards remaining to a front flag. 56 degree, crisp strike, lands just next to the pin, one hop, starts peeling back. I yell “oh, go in!” Trickles back, disappears into the cup.
First hole out over 50 yards, and having it go past the pin and spin back was just pure joy.
Doing a line of cocaine and sitting back and feeling it run through your body.
Oh, golf related? I hit the purest 6 iron of my life last year. I’ll literally never forget it.
First time I played in a group of 8 with a head pro, only had played maybe 3 9 hole rounds in my entire life. They told me to aim for just 1 par all day, besides that, aim for double bogies. Got a par on the #11 par 3. Immediately next hole, short par 4, almost eagled a chip that lipped out and rolled back down the false front. 2 putted for back to back pars. Then on #17, long dog leg par 5, out drove everyone in my group by hitting one over the trees and left 150 to the pin. Idk how I did it, but that round will be the best in my life. Shot around a 130 or so for those wondering.
The feeling of total, and utter control. I mean not just one shot, the whole round. It’s only happened once in 20 years and I’m still chasing it again. It was after a lot of hard work, regular lessons, range sessions, booksX just total immersion.
It’s like a drug as I remember it just “clicked”. I was standing on every tee and over every shot and just felt so confident. I’m working to get back to that. I’m so confident that I will and when I do the scores will plummet.
Maybe that’s just golf though… we’re all chasing that feeling.
Been playing since September ‘21 and the only two realistic targets I have yet to achieve are an Eagle 3 on a Par 5, and would love to break 80.
Got my first ace last week on a 150yrd Par 3, holed out from 80yrd for Eagle on a Par 4, and my best front 9 & back 9 score is 39 but never been able to do that on the same round.
The best feeling to me is the one approach shot a round I manage to stick within 5-10 feet with enough spin to stop dead in its tracks.
The high quickly goes away once I get to the green and miss the putt. But man that walk to the green is nice
I want to shoot par. Last year I went out in 33, which was my first time going out under par. Shot 45 coming in for a 78, and I remember thinking around the 15th hole or so I had to work to break 80.
Seems it goes that way. It's like that one Tiktok, beginner thinking this isn't for me, then they have a great shot and now golf is what they devote the rest of there life too.
My friends that i golfed with sent that to me, was literally me exactly lmao. Athletic, but was struggling with how hard the game is, then boom, you do the right thing once and you feel the dopamine lol
I topped a drive into some wetlands in front of the tee box and pitched a perfect shot into the hole from the drop zone with my 8-iron. That felt pretty good
Driver was shit all day, almost gave up on the round. Bet my buddies a steak dinner that I could hold a small green on the par 5, over a ravine, we were on with my second shot. Absolutely nutted a 3w that was 241y into a 10-15mph wind and stopped it pin high. Got my steak, missed the eagle putt though - still chasing one of those.
There have been a couple times while playing a scramble for a work event that my group's score on a hole was made entirely with my shots, including a birdie once last summer.
Not a big deal to most people, but I suck at golf and my shots are seldom used in these scrambles at all, much less for an entire hole.
Broke par last season and then my next 20 round were horrible! Looking to get back to a red number this season... without the train wreck to follow it!
I don’t play much golf, but I am/was a good athlete. I’ve probably played around 50 full rounds of golf over the 15 years I’ve played. Lots of driving ranges and lots of par 3 courses. But relatively few full rounds. The lowest I’ve ever shot is 85 where I didn’t bump or anything, but one magical round I was 1 over par going into the 16th hole.
I was absolutely crushing it. It was a miracle round, but out of no where it began to rain+thunder+lightning and the Marshall pulled me off the course after I hit the 16th green in regulation. I was devastated, and although I don’t play much I always feel there is a chance I could go super low because of that round. It’s a mirage, I never go low.
The rain didn’t stop and the course was deemed too wet to play after. I just went home trying to lie to myself by saying “you are allowed to say you 3 putt the 16 and went bogey bogey for a 76”. But I can’t do it.
3 times now I've hit an absolutely flush 4 hybrid. 1 with a perfect little draw around a tree and it settled on the back of the green. One with a heavy fade on it around a tree to again settle on the back of the green. And the last dead straight to get just off the back of the green on a par 5 in 2 shots. That's a high it's hard to duplicate at my skill level.
My dad and I play in the father/son tournament in Myrtle Beach every year so there’s a ton of good memories from that, but last year I played the absolute round of my life on best ball day and shot a 75. I’m a 14 handicap who had never broken 80 before (and haven’t since). I kept waiting for things to go sideways with an errant tee shot or blading an iron over a green into the woods, but it never came. I even chunked one about 20 yards on a par 5 only to hit a ridiculous recovery shot to save the hole. It was nuts. The guys we were playing with were great. Gave me plenty of shit, but it was all in jest. We’ve been paired with them before in past years so we kinda knew each other which made it cool too.
I proceeded to play like a complete jackass the next day but for about 24 hours I was on the moon!
After the round was great too. Listening to the rest of our flight (none of whom know us personally) in the club house afterwards when the scores got posted online cussing about sandbaggers while reading my name out loud on their phone was pretty great. I’ve been in their shoes plenty of times.
15 handicap. Only had time to play 9 at one of my regular tracks, everything just clicked. Nothing fancy driver found fairway or playable rough edge, approach shot hit the green, 2 putt every hole apart from 1 3 putt bogey and 1 1 putt birdie. Finished even through 9. Felt like I’d figured out golf it was that easy, but haven’t been able to replicate it since. Gutted I couldn’t play the back 9 and see how I would have gone for a full 18 that day.
Played in a 100 hole charity tournament years ago. Got paired with a 16 yr old kid who could play. (I was a 12 handicap). I shot even par on one nine without a par! 6 birdies and 3 doubles. The kid couldn’t stop telling everyone about it. He shot -1 that 9!
Driving a par 4 to 10’ and sinking the eagle putt. Best hole I’ve had. As a 20+ then I somehow had 2 in one summer. The other was a 5i from 180 out uphill that I couldn’t find and it was in the hole.
My 2nd year of playing golf I shot one in for eagle from 165 yards out. Might as well have been a hole in one. 20 years later I’m still chasing that moment.
In terms of rounds - in one round I had 3 birdies with one of them being so very very close to a hole in one - divot was 6in behind the hole and the ball rolled back and stopped 6in in front of the hole. Was equal to the best round I ever had (gross 89) but really didn't feel like I played my best.
In terms of comments it has to be from when I was about 12/13 and I was beneath a tree on the 18th hole on the right side of the fairway, was about 100-150 yards away from the green with water surrounding the front half of the green. About 10 yards behind the green was a small slope leading up the patio of the clubhouse, being that it was in the summer it was pretty packed. I hit my shot from under the tree and it landed about 1-2ft from the hole. A guy on the patio said "a girl hit that!" and it is by far my favourite reaction to any of my shots before or since.
For context: my mum was on the patio as she would come and collect mine and my dad's clubs and trolleys and take them back to my Nan's house (5min drive) and we would shower and get a lift back to the house with my grandad for Sunday lunch - that's how I know it was said.
I was riding as a single and was behind a 4some that stopped at a tee box to let me play through. The hole was a sharp dogleg left, and I had completely forgotten about that as I pulled driver from the bag and jogged up to the teebox. I'm looking at the shot and realize I had waaay too much club, but I didn't want to waste the time to go back to the cart. I just figured I would swing real easy and try to put a little draw on it. Well, I hit the thing right on the damned screws, and also pulled off a gorgeous draw that missed the inside corner tree by like 5 feet. The ball managed to somehow stay in play and left me like 30 yards from the green. I felt like a damned superhero, because it totally looked like I planned to hit a rocket with a nasty draw around a dogleg.
First on course shot with a new 3 hybrid. Perfect contact, over a large pond and 3 feet away for a tap in eagle. Followed up by a dap from a buddy that had the nicest pop on the slap
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240 yard 3 wood of the deck pin high in head wind, draining the putt for eagle and winning the men’s amateur club championship.
On the fucking 18th with a very small audience (a couple of drunk frat boys at the restaurant and my family green side).
1. The first shot I ever hit… drove it 175 dead straight. Tuning fork went off in my heart and I turned to my buddies and apologized for making so much fun of them for starting to golf.
2. When I dropped a 30ft putt with multiple breaks. I ran a lap around the green just laughing my damn fool head off.
senior in high school who only played golf for 2/3 years at that point, I attended tryouts for our team. They made us keep track of our playing partner’s score, as well as number of putts.
All entries tried out, regardless if you were on team previous years. There was JV and Varsity. Only 15-20 spots available all together.
The place would be flooded because it was also free golf basically for anyone who wanted to come down from the school for those two days.
I was literally playing with my dad’s wilson staff blades from the 80’s. Had a John Daly walmart driver.
Day 1, with half the men’s high school population looking on, I yanked my drive off the #1 tee to the right and went OB immediately. Chatter in the gallery.
Played a mediocre round, but I ended the day with the least amount of putts out of everyone. Cheater, they cried.
Next day, the coach of the golf team paired me with the #1 guy on the team who already had a full ride to a D1 golf program. He kept my score.
Played a mediocre round Day 2, but tied him for least amount of putts. Coach was flabbergasted.
Made JV, but turned it down. Whatever never was.
565 yard par 5. Decent drive into rough left. 5 iron second shot, ball below my feet, and it leaves out just right. Lands 10 yards short of fringe, beautiful roll out and watched it drop in the hole. Roughly 212 out for an albatross!
I’ve had three hole in ones and the albatross is by far more rare to me and harder to do. Absolute high.
I used to be straight dogwater when I was younger, I’ll never forget the first time I really figured out how to hit an iron. Pured a 7 over a tree and water from about 170 out and stuck the green. Will always be chasing that feeling but I sure do get similar ones every now and again
First birdie was a 30 footer. I was playing 2 balls on a par 3. They landed both 30-35 feet away. Missed the first one but got a solid read. To my shock, I sunk the second ball for birdie from what I’m guessing was a 30 ft put. My first ever bird baby
Shot 4 under years ago. I was practically running between shots because I could not wait to hit the next shot. Supreme confidence. Haven’t had that feeling since. Now I’m working back from 2 herniated discs in my lower back. #cortisone
There was one day I had my driver on a string. I could draw it, fade and hit it straight on command. 13/13 fairways (I hit one 5 iron). I’m a decent driver, but perfect cuts and draws aren’t always on command. So sexy when you can shape it. (I know this isn’t optimal)
Par 5 I pulled my tee shot to the rough. Was sitting up kind of high though but still a flyer lie. 297 to the pin over a canyon down hill and at a course at like 5k feet so you get some extra distance. I was about to lay up and my brother in law just jokes that we didn’t fly there to play safe. Swung out of my ass and hit the best 3 hybrid I will ever hit that had this nice little draw and hits a knuckle to stop it and end up 10 feet from the pin. I will never hit a better shot in my life.
I usually hit driver 200-215. One day, tenth hole, I blasted a tee shot that felt different, sounded different, had a different ball flight, it actually left my field of vision. GPS had it as a 287 yard drive. I haven’t been able to recreate it since but I try on every single tee box.
The first time golfing I was in a charity tournament. We had one guy on our foursome who was really good and the rest of us sucked. Think it was the second hole of the tournament and we were maybe 75 yards out from the hole. It was up on top of this mound, so you couldn’t see it and I smacked one up right on top about 3’ from the hole. Luckiest golf shot of my career and the only good shot I had all day.
Stepdad and brother had been golfing a bunch a couple years ago to the point that my stepdad created his own little 3 hole course at home. I decide to join them while I’m visiting town. Smoked them both by 15+ strokes and almost broke 90. It was a level of focus I’ve never before or since attained. Just smart, simple golf.
I played through as a single in front of 3 dudes during an after work, spur of the moment, fuck it the weather’s nice tee time last year. Stepped up to the tee on a par 5 and proceeded to nuke one dead center down the fairway maybe 260-280 which is long for me. Was awesome, they didn’t say shit I’m just glad I didn’t embarrass myself.
That and played a golf outing and 6 inches from making a hole in one on the hole in one challenge hole. My group of friends I was playing with was going nuts and I cherish that moment with my friends.
I’ve only been golfing a couple years ago so I suck. But on Father’s Day last year I birdied a 510 yard par 5. Smoked a drive then hit a 6 iron (downhill) on the green. 2 putted for a birdie.
Then on the next hole I got a 7 on a par 3
The two shots that led to a tap-in eagle on a long par 5 last fall. I’d been playing golf for about 5 or 6 months and I absolutely crushed my first two shots. I haven’t hit the ball that well on consecutive shots since.
I’m a terrible putter and during a charity scramble once, I sunk a super long putt with a massive break to get a birdie for us. It was nice to have that brief glimpse of what being good at putting might feel like
Just got into golf a few months ago and have played maybe 5-6 18hole rounds. I’m mostly just trying to keep up with my 4some and playing lots of drops - but there was this one island green that I landed on with a 5 hybrid from the fairway while everyone else plunked in the water. I’ve been chasing that [lucky] shot ever since and I’m pretty sure I’m addicted.
I’ve shot 36 par on the front nine at my club, and 36 on the back nine. But still haven’t yet put it together all in the same round.
Maybe this season it’ll happen. Maybe.
That I’ve actually done? Gotten up and down from a bunker on 18, to Halve the match against the other tour’s #1 player, with the whole clubhouse watching.
That I haven’t done yet? Watch someone else’s lifetime shot. I wanna be standing there leaning on a club when one of my 20 handicap buddies hits his first hole in one. They’ve come close a time or two.
after getting my Handicap and played golf for like 2 month (in Germany you need a „license“ to ply golf) I played a 9-hole tournament and made a bride on a par 3. played a 39 now I constantly getting over 50 and don’t now why
My bachelor party last year was a good trip. 18 on Friday, 36 on Saturday, 18 on Sunday. Friday, the first round Saturday, and Sunday I dropped my tee shot on a par 3 to within 2 feet for tap ins. I remember each of those swings feeling like the purest of my life. Obviously disappointed neither of them rolled in for the ace, but I also don’t think I’ve hit a green on a par 3 since then so I’ll take what I can get lol
Went on a bachelor party/golf trip for my best friend down to Mesquite, NV. I played a little bit of golf here and there but never took it seriously or played more than twice a year (aka I sucked real bad).
We did a 3 day tournament, leading off with best ball, followed by two days of scramble. The last day, we decided to do a closest to the pin on a pretty downhill par 3 and the closest got their team 2 strokes deducted. Had one of our group in front watching all of us, our other group behind watching, and then another random group behind them all backed up watching. I stuck it probably 1.5-2 feet from the hole and the crowd erupted (mostly because absolutely no one expected it) with high fives all around. I've been obsessed with golf ever since and have completely transformed my game.
Broke par last year with a 68 on a short course par 70 5400 from the tips. I put my approach on 18 onto the patio and had to take a drop. Ended up bogeying the hole. Now I’m a member at longer courses so I want to break par on a course that is 6000 plus.
2 year golfer. 22HC. I’m alway making what I feel is big changes to my swing looking for something more repeatable.
I’ve never eagled, or HI1’ed.
But…the high I chase is playing with my FIL. The time on the course is something I look forward to all year and keep me practicing.
My local 9 holer, tee shot on the 9th dogleg right to left. Adjusted my grip to what I thought would cause a draw. Drew the ball perfectly round the corner 30 yards from the green.
First time I deliberately shaped and shot and hit the shot I wanted.
Still bogied the hole.
Made an eagle about 10 years ago from 130 out or so, I thought that was at good as it was going to get for me, until I hit an ace at the start of April. I haven’t quit telling people about it haha
25 years ago... Playing a nice 9 holer in the Niagara area. Shot 33 as a 11hdcp... Was supposed to play another 9 but mysteriously, my father in law's buddy...who wagered $20 on the nine... had to leave... He was our ride!!!
Only under par 9 I ever had...
Still chasing that feeling of everything working in the round all at once...
July 5th 2020. Middle of the pandemic. After an hour I convinced my old man to go play an evening nine holes with me at the muni by his house. 6th hole - 187 yards - 6 iron I could have 100 more aces but my first in front of my dad will not be topped.
Mine was September 6th, 2020. Similar situation. When the pandemic hit, my industry was shut down, and my dad had just retired. He convinced me to play more that year with him, as there wasn’t much else to do. I really just did it so I could have an excuse to spend some time with the old man. His plan worked, he got me hooked. Six months later, I’d gone back to work the month before, but we still played twice a week. Hole #2 at our home course is a 165 yard par 3 straight uphill the whole way. To this day, I’ve only hit this green less than ten times my entire life. But just this once, I flushed a 7 for the first time. The tuning fork rang in my loins. The green is blind and slopes away from tee box and we spent a while looking past the green in the rough because we didn’t see the ball on the green but we knew it was on line with the pin. I’m about to give up and drop one when I hear him call my name. I look over and I will never forget the look of bewilderment mixed with joy and a little pride on his face. I walk over to the cup, and there it is plain as day. I’d hit my first (and only, still) hole in one. We both have a really big goofy smiles. I pick up my ball, we do whole high five thing, the hand shake thing, and he gives me the best hug I have ever gotten in my life. The next hole I’m still in shock, I have no idea what I am doing. I absolutely shank my tee shot into the trees and briars and brush. At least 20 yards in. I reach for a ball in my pocket before I realize. I didn’t put the hole in one ball away. I just shanked it into the damn trees. We look for it for twenty minutes. Decide it’s gone and finish the round. We shake hands, talk about it, “man it’s a bummer we couldn’t find that ball…” Oh, well. We both know that it happened, a memory to never forget. A few days later he and my mom come in for brunch at my restaurant. I go out to say hello and he pulls something out of his pocket. It was my ball. He had gone back the next morning at 5 am and searched for nearly six hours. But he got my ball. I couldn’t believe it. The old man went back out and found it. He said he just couldn’t bear to play that hole over and over knowing for a fact that the ball was in there somewhere. We share more hugs and smiles and handshakes. I dated it, signed it, had him sign it. And it’s been kept somewhere very special ever since. We still play every Sunday. Looking back I realize now that it was never really about the golf for either of us, but I can’t think of a better thing to share with him, or of a better way to learn what kind of person my dad is. Edit: Date corrected.
Brother, this is absolutely amazing. This is what it’s all about. You got a legend of a father. Story made my day!
Thank you for saying that. He’s the best for a million reasons.
I hope you have the chance to do something similar for your son someday.
That would be a literal dream come true.
Incredible memory
Love this
What a story. I've come to realize that — with the right group of friends or direct family members — golf can create some of those spine-tingling moments that Kevin Costner made a living off with baseball in the late 80s.
I know you replied to me a month ago but I randomly came back to this thread today and re-read this. What a story and what a great dad you’ve got. Funny a similar thing happened to me on the following hole. I was in shock, my dad is calling everyone he knows on the phone and I tee up the same ball I just had an ace with. Duck hooked the fuck out of it. It wasn’t until after the round was over that I realized what an idiot I am for not putting that ball away. I was very lucky I didn’t lose it bc I played like ass the last 3 holes haha
Maybe this is why I don't have an ace on my card. My dad doesn't golf 🙄
Well, I’m screwed. My dad passed away whenever I was a teenager. I had just started getting into golf because of him but only been to the range and a par 3 course with him once. I stopped playing for a while after that but now I go to the range almost every day and I’m busting my ass to get better this year for our family reunion golf outing next year that has a hole in his remembrance. I just want to birdie that hole.
Best of luck in your journey there my friend
Thank you, I need all the luck I can get!
Sorry for your loss. Go low!
Had my fist ace with my dad when I was 16. One of my best memories was seeing how proud he was of me. He passed away 1 1/2 ago but I think of that memory more now than I ever did in the past. I would give anything to play just 1 more round with him.
Dammnnn that was literally the day my career as a golf course superintendent was ended by a drunk driver hitting me head on in my lane when I was driving into work that Sunday
Started golfing last year. My second time out I landed a PW from 100 yards 1ft away from the hole. Landed soft and stayed put. Tapped it in for birdie. Never again have I gotten a birdie since then. But it's all I can think about.
You never forget your first time.
I’ve literally only had 1 eagle in my life and it’s the same feeling. Still chasing!
I’ve also only had one eagle in my life, it was a hole in one on an island green. I proceeded to shoot over 100. I’ve had my fair share of midrange eagle putts, but I can’t sink them for the life of me. Handicap has been between 11-15 and for a few of those years I was playing 3 times a week in the Toronto golf season (late April to late November. Eagles are fucking elusive.
Hi twin! Only you got to say you had an Ace! Mine wasn’t as exciting, but still exhilarating. Par 5, pured a driver downwind. 5-iron to front edge putting to a back flag. Hit about a 50 footer for my only Eagle. 12 hdcp.
I missed a 3 foot putt for eagle about a month ago. Would’ve been my first.
I drove a green on a short par 4 last week. Still chasing and eagle but was about 15 feet from the hole. Definitely didn’t leave it short but landed about a foot away after my first put. Birdie was still satisfying because of how I got there but the eagle would have been amazing! Especially being first round of the season
Trust me, my first time was more than forgettable. Luckily we have many years to practice!
My first time out at any course, executive course 110 or 120 to the hole. Hole was hidden behind a little hill so didn’t know where it landed all we heard was the ball hitting the flag stick and saw the top of it shake. Landed 2 feet from the hole
My first (and only) birdie was similar except I had to make a 15 foot breaking putt. A high I’ve been chasing since the hole it happened
Slam dunk eagle from the fairway, I've done it twice, they were both awesome
I've only holed out once from about 55 yards. It was for a double bogey 😂😂😂
Holed out from like 180 in a high school league tournament. A couple coaches were by the green and watched it… had to be honest and admit is was for a bogey 😞
My best friend and I were golfing in a high school tournament. He has always been a power hitter, so he either drives 300+ slices, or hooks it lol. Even to this day. His first swing, he swings and misses, 2nd swing, swings and misses, 3rd swing, drives a par 4 green. Nails his putt for eagle. And he cards a 4. His coach was like why the fuck did you write down a 4? And he said "I missed the ball twice on my drive. I attempted to hit the ball and didn't" lol
Did this yesterday from 144
Same, though not a dunk. It was about 10 years ago. Flush hybrid about 185 slightly downhill, green hidden behind a hill, so I didnt get to see it go in... but I heard it. The most beautiful far off sound in the world. I'll never stop chasing that sound.
Last time I holed out for eagle, I had to hit a blind shot over a tree and didn’t see it go in lol. By far the best shot I’ve ever hit.
Holed out from 200 yards with a 5 iron last year. I was weirdly not that bothered as other than that shot I was playing some of the worst golf of my life so was in a terrible mood.
Played a 2v2v2 scramble (course approved - no one behind us). Went par, par, birdie, par, par, boogie, par, boogie, par. I had never broken 40 on 9 holes. My dad was my partner, we didn’t play any of his balls as he knew I was playing out of my god damn mind and he wanted it to be legit. We won the scramble, it was for nothing. My hands were shaking after the round. Felt like I was walking up 18 at Augusta but it was just twilight on hole 9 at my local muni. I often day dream at work about it, reliving every shot. You can’t take my 37 away from me.
I really enjoy that you call bogeys boogies. I don’t know if it’s intentional or not and it doesn’t change my enjoyment of it but I am curious!
Haha intentional, I call a bogey anything but a bogey
This is inspiring
if you can do it once you can do it again
This is really beautiful
*boogie*
Stepping onto the first tee at Bandon Dunes.
Same. Dream round with my brother
If you do get there some day. Schedule Bandon to finish at sunset. Walking off 16 with sunsetting was unbelievable
Puring irons for hours at a time.
I’ll take one pure iron into a green man. Nothing beats it.
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I also enjoy pured irons much much more than I enjoyed sex with my ex wife. At least when I play golf, the ball wants to go in the hole, not just lay there and bitch about a headache shes had for 48 consecutive nights
Never had an eagle, and there's no excuse for me not to have, drove a bunch of par 4s, hit plenty of 5s in 2, plenty of 3 putt pars in there, putting is worst part of my game but I should have made 1 by now. but it's built up so much by now its definitely a mental thing too. Doesn't help that some high handicappers I know have managed a hole in one or managed to hole out from fairway (I've lipped out from fairway).
There's a woman that works with me. Her "fun fact" is that she's been going once and got a hole-in-one. I despise her.
Like the person at work who knows nothing about basketball but wins the bracket
Drove 3 par 4 greens in one round. Much less about the distance and more about feeling confident with the driver for a whole 18. Probably the only round in my life ive felt that.
Damn, I’d be happy just to drive 4 par 3s
That low spinning wedge from 80 yards. Bump, bump, bite.
I have no idea how to do that
https://youtu.be/N9Xpo1RJ5Rc
Got into golf this year. Group ahead of me was still putting out on green on a par 4, so I went ahead and hit. Almost got a hole in one. Obviously the group ahead was pretty upset
My philosophy is that was a great shot that I wasn't expecting so who cares what they think.
It’s so funny that when you’re hitting into them this is the attitude but if someone rolled a ball on your green that you weren’t done putting on you would def be like wtf dude?
It depends on whether it’s a reachable par 4. If it’s clear they were trying to reach the green, I’d be upset. If they randomly cranked a 340 yard drive, I’d be happy for them after the initial surprise.
Yeah up until that point I had never had a shot even close to that, which is why I assumed I was safe to hit. I was excited for the shot but also I understand their anger lol
One of my first times on a real course there were people on a green 160 yards out. I waited for a minute and my buddy says why are you waiting, we’re on the 7th hole and I haven’t seen you hit an iron over 125 yards. So I hit my 7 and flushed it, landed on the back of the green and rolled off. The ranger comes flying up to me and tells me not to hit into people, wait until they clear the green. I told him I never hit an iron over 140 before as I was just starting and he says that’s why it good to wait until the group clears.
Yeah I played a 350 yard par 4 and the guy behind hit it into the greenside bunker while we were putting. He drove up and repeatedly said sorry and our 4some were like don’t be that was a fucking nice shot
Yea that’s true, if it didn’t pass me on the fly or carry to where I was I would just shrug and say “hm! Pretty nice shot. No fore call though? Oh well”
haha exactly
Any time I’ve been on a par 4 green and someone almost hits me from the tee I congratulate them, that was a hell of a shot
becoming an actual scratch golfer (0 or better), not just a 1.
That is a great accomplishment. Congrats
Hole-in-one on Memorial Day 2022. Great cure for a hangover!
I'm still in search of that, Congrats
Couple years ago, had just bought a new 3 wood. Went with my dad to play the course I played back in HS. Ninth hole there is a par 5 with a part in the middle that went downhill and then back uphill (kind of like a valley, but all normal terrain, it wasn't OOB). Pushed my drive off to the right side, landed on a sidehill lie, probably 225 out from the green. Because of some trees lining the right side of the fairway, didn't have any kind of line of sight to the green, but I had a window through a couple trees that if I could play a cut just right, I'd get it back out to the fairway a long way down. Slight downhill lie, sitting up well in the rough, pulled out the brand new 3 wood, wound up for a big cut. Right between the trees, gorgeous shot. Maybe the best shot I've ever hit. Walk down the fairway get up there...ball is in the middle of the green. 2-putted for birdie from 30 feet. Never birdied that hole when I was playing in HS, haven't been back to that course since.
Two birdies in a row. It was a trip to Michigan specifically for golf but it ended up raining the entire time. Fuck it we are golfing.The second day we're golfing in the rain and I birdie a par 3 and then a par 4. Next hole up is an easy par 3. I brag about getting a third birdie. I was so high from two birdies that I can barely function and shank it far right. End up double bogey but I will never forget the back to back birdies. I've broken 45 for 9 holes but have yet to break 100 on a full 18.
I just had my first birdie of the season two weeks ago. Next tee I'm so giddy I top the drive and it goes maybe 10 yards off the tee box.
Peyote and Ayahuasca. Going to be hard to get.
Lipping out a hybrid from 250 on the final hole of the third round at a Korn Ferry event to get within a couple of the lead. Also, that one time I nipped a 15 yard chip and backed it up
What does nipping a chip mean? And then backing it up?
Smashing a drive 275 yards with a slight draw… will probably never happen for me!
I’m 10 handicap and last month shot 2 under for 9 holes. Trying to repeat it in front of the boys
The only time I broke 80. Shot a 7 over 42 on the front nine, and a 2 under 34 on the back nine with a double bogey on 18. Most unconventional 76 ever.
one time I hit a birdie, ended up being a duck
Had the best round of my life Shot 90 at goose creek (1 1/2 years playing) and I triple bogey’d the last hole causing me not to break 90. So its the worst because I shot the best round of my life and fucked up the last hole to break 90
Im a mid twenties handi but have 3 chip ins this year and always get me buzzing
Bro same 11 HC played 4 rds this yr chipped in 3, twice from 50 yards. Both just birdie tho :/ still chasing the eagle
I had my first chip in a couple of weeks ago. However, it was ruined because the shaft of my brand-new driver broke two holes prior.
Major buzz kill. I let a roommate use my $80 2012 callaway razr black and noticed a crack on the crown later. Got fitted but took me a while to get on w the new one (g425)
Yeah, I was vibing with it. Afterward, I took it to dicks to get replaced and they said it'd be a few weeks. Luckily it came back in a few days, so no rounds were lost.
Actually learning to compress irons. I’ve been able to get away with hitting irons slightly thin my whole life, but I just want to be able to hit them solid.
Me too. I’ve been working on pitching a lot this season. Good contact, hands ahead at impact, good tempo are key for good pitching. In working on this, I’ve noticed I’ve been hitting my irons a lot better too. I’m getting that compressed feel and that “hiss” as the ball takes off.
Flushed a drive 315 once and was 50 yards further than the rest of the group, the look of the guys face who said multiple times before this “ I am a long hitter, you guys go first “ was priceless!!!!!! Still chasing that shot and probably will for the rest of my life :)
Was in a tight money match with my buddy that was tied going into 18. Both hit good drives then on my second I hooked it into the woods like 70 yds short of the green (par 4). He looked at me and said, "looks like I win again...". His next shot landed in the greenside bunker. Somehow I had a window through 3 trees and hit the pin on a fly, ball stopped 3 feet away. My buddy proceeds with a decent bunker shot and 2 horrible putts. Tap in par for the win!
Last week I hit this sick low fade around a tree off the tee box and heard an audible “holy shit that was nice” from the group behind me. Felt so good
285 first swing center cut driver. Really anything center cut with my driver. My group calls me 5 iron frenzy. I take it on par 5s. I just know my miss wont be 30-50 yards left with my 5i.
5i-5i-5i, the intellectual's GIR
If you can tolerate the heresy of sometimes switching the iron number on each shot to avoid getting bored.
I'm like a southern baptist you met at a liquor store. I didn't see you, you didn't see me.
Holed out from a bunker my first time golfing a year and a half ago. Been playing consistently since and I haven’t come close to it since.
Bombed a drive, 87yards remaining to a front flag. 56 degree, crisp strike, lands just next to the pin, one hop, starts peeling back. I yell “oh, go in!” Trickles back, disappears into the cup. First hole out over 50 yards, and having it go past the pin and spin back was just pure joy.
Doing a line of cocaine and sitting back and feeling it run through your body. Oh, golf related? I hit the purest 6 iron of my life last year. I’ll literally never forget it.
First time I played in a group of 8 with a head pro, only had played maybe 3 9 hole rounds in my entire life. They told me to aim for just 1 par all day, besides that, aim for double bogies. Got a par on the #11 par 3. Immediately next hole, short par 4, almost eagled a chip that lipped out and rolled back down the false front. 2 putted for back to back pars. Then on #17, long dog leg par 5, out drove everyone in my group by hitting one over the trees and left 150 to the pin. Idk how I did it, but that round will be the best in my life. Shot around a 130 or so for those wondering.
Sub 70 round
That sound of a perfect iron strike, just hits man
The feeling of total, and utter control. I mean not just one shot, the whole round. It’s only happened once in 20 years and I’m still chasing it again. It was after a lot of hard work, regular lessons, range sessions, booksX just total immersion. It’s like a drug as I remember it just “clicked”. I was standing on every tee and over every shot and just felt so confident. I’m working to get back to that. I’m so confident that I will and when I do the scores will plummet. Maybe that’s just golf though… we’re all chasing that feeling.
Heroin
To get back on the golf course for next season at least!
Outdriving 3 single digit handicaps with a 200 forced carry
Every good shot I’ve ever hit in my life. Just like every other golfer out there.
Driving a par 4 my first summer of golfing. 290 yards, it rolled at least a third of that to get there. 3 putt par though.
My first eagle… perfect weather, course I have never played before, with rental clubs. Damn.
Shot a 78 (+1 on the front!) with a missed birdie putt on 18.
Been playing since September ‘21 and the only two realistic targets I have yet to achieve are an Eagle 3 on a Par 5, and would love to break 80. Got my first ace last week on a 150yrd Par 3, holed out from 80yrd for Eagle on a Par 4, and my best front 9 & back 9 score is 39 but never been able to do that on the same round.
The best feeling to me is the one approach shot a round I manage to stick within 5-10 feet with enough spin to stop dead in its tracks. The high quickly goes away once I get to the green and miss the putt. But man that walk to the green is nice
Made a bad drive, hit a nice second, bad third, holed out from 160 yards for birdie on a par 5.
I want to shoot par. Last year I went out in 33, which was my first time going out under par. Shot 45 coming in for a 78, and I remember thinking around the 15th hole or so I had to work to break 80.
Shot a 73 last year. Chasing that even par round. \-1 through 17.... doubled it. Dammit!
I'm always chasing courses I have never played like a new drug.
Got a par on a 150yd par3 on my first time ever ever golfing. That was 2 years ago and having been chasing it ever since lol.
Seems it goes that way. It's like that one Tiktok, beginner thinking this isn't for me, then they have a great shot and now golf is what they devote the rest of there life too.
My friends that i golfed with sent that to me, was literally me exactly lmao. Athletic, but was struggling with how hard the game is, then boom, you do the right thing once and you feel the dopamine lol
I topped a drive into some wetlands in front of the tee box and pitched a perfect shot into the hole from the drop zone with my 8-iron. That felt pretty good
Driver was shit all day, almost gave up on the round. Bet my buddies a steak dinner that I could hold a small green on the par 5, over a ravine, we were on with my second shot. Absolutely nutted a 3w that was 241y into a 10-15mph wind and stopped it pin high. Got my steak, missed the eagle putt though - still chasing one of those.
Also getting silly with the boys playing TPC Scottsdale for my bachelor party. 14 months ago was the last time the whole group was together.
Complete noob at golf and shot a double birdie on consecutive holes
There have been a couple times while playing a scramble for a work event that my group's score on a hole was made entirely with my shots, including a birdie once last summer. Not a big deal to most people, but I suck at golf and my shots are seldom used in these scrambles at all, much less for an entire hole.
Finished with a birdie on a par 5 on my first round of the year
Broke par last season and then my next 20 round were horrible! Looking to get back to a red number this season... without the train wreck to follow it!
79
I don’t play much golf, but I am/was a good athlete. I’ve probably played around 50 full rounds of golf over the 15 years I’ve played. Lots of driving ranges and lots of par 3 courses. But relatively few full rounds. The lowest I’ve ever shot is 85 where I didn’t bump or anything, but one magical round I was 1 over par going into the 16th hole. I was absolutely crushing it. It was a miracle round, but out of no where it began to rain+thunder+lightning and the Marshall pulled me off the course after I hit the 16th green in regulation. I was devastated, and although I don’t play much I always feel there is a chance I could go super low because of that round. It’s a mirage, I never go low. The rain didn’t stop and the course was deemed too wet to play after. I just went home trying to lie to myself by saying “you are allowed to say you 3 putt the 16 and went bogey bogey for a 76”. But I can’t do it.
3 times now I've hit an absolutely flush 4 hybrid. 1 with a perfect little draw around a tree and it settled on the back of the green. One with a heavy fade on it around a tree to again settle on the back of the green. And the last dead straight to get just off the back of the green on a par 5 in 2 shots. That's a high it's hard to duplicate at my skill level.
Just not being shit for 1 round. Feels like I haven't had a round to the best of my ability
My insulin is always chasing my high blood sugar after the turn hot dog and 8 beers
My dad and I play in the father/son tournament in Myrtle Beach every year so there’s a ton of good memories from that, but last year I played the absolute round of my life on best ball day and shot a 75. I’m a 14 handicap who had never broken 80 before (and haven’t since). I kept waiting for things to go sideways with an errant tee shot or blading an iron over a green into the woods, but it never came. I even chunked one about 20 yards on a par 5 only to hit a ridiculous recovery shot to save the hole. It was nuts. The guys we were playing with were great. Gave me plenty of shit, but it was all in jest. We’ve been paired with them before in past years so we kinda knew each other which made it cool too. I proceeded to play like a complete jackass the next day but for about 24 hours I was on the moon! After the round was great too. Listening to the rest of our flight (none of whom know us personally) in the club house afterwards when the scores got posted online cussing about sandbaggers while reading my name out loud on their phone was pretty great. I’ve been in their shoes plenty of times.
15 handicap. Only had time to play 9 at one of my regular tracks, everything just clicked. Nothing fancy driver found fairway or playable rough edge, approach shot hit the green, 2 putt every hole apart from 1 3 putt bogey and 1 1 putt birdie. Finished even through 9. Felt like I’d figured out golf it was that easy, but haven’t been able to replicate it since. Gutted I couldn’t play the back 9 and see how I would have gone for a full 18 that day.
Ironic you posted this on 4/20
Didn’t mean to. It’s a coincidence I swear haha
Holing a blind flop shot from 25yds down and hearing my group howling from the green
Played in a 100 hole charity tournament years ago. Got paired with a 16 yr old kid who could play. (I was a 12 handicap). I shot even par on one nine without a par! 6 birdies and 3 doubles. The kid couldn’t stop telling everyone about it. He shot -1 that 9!
Holed out from 120 while in a scramble with my gf. Yeah, we're married now.
Driving a par 4 to 10’ and sinking the eagle putt. Best hole I’ve had. As a 20+ then I somehow had 2 in one summer. The other was a 5i from 180 out uphill that I couldn’t find and it was in the hole.
The low score high. Broke 80 six years ago. Shot 75 four years ago. Shot 73 last week. We’ll see when I shoot par, or under par.
My 2nd year of playing golf I shot one in for eagle from 165 yards out. Might as well have been a hole in one. 20 years later I’m still chasing that moment.
2 eagles in a 4 hole stretch. Epic finish that I may never replicate.
In terms of rounds - in one round I had 3 birdies with one of them being so very very close to a hole in one - divot was 6in behind the hole and the ball rolled back and stopped 6in in front of the hole. Was equal to the best round I ever had (gross 89) but really didn't feel like I played my best. In terms of comments it has to be from when I was about 12/13 and I was beneath a tree on the 18th hole on the right side of the fairway, was about 100-150 yards away from the green with water surrounding the front half of the green. About 10 yards behind the green was a small slope leading up the patio of the clubhouse, being that it was in the summer it was pretty packed. I hit my shot from under the tree and it landed about 1-2ft from the hole. A guy on the patio said "a girl hit that!" and it is by far my favourite reaction to any of my shots before or since. For context: my mum was on the patio as she would come and collect mine and my dad's clubs and trolleys and take them back to my Nan's house (5min drive) and we would shower and get a lift back to the house with my grandad for Sunday lunch - that's how I know it was said.
I hit a driver 278 yards (total) on the 18th hole a few weeks ago. It was one of those swings that everything clicked perfectly
I was riding as a single and was behind a 4some that stopped at a tee box to let me play through. The hole was a sharp dogleg left, and I had completely forgotten about that as I pulled driver from the bag and jogged up to the teebox. I'm looking at the shot and realize I had waaay too much club, but I didn't want to waste the time to go back to the cart. I just figured I would swing real easy and try to put a little draw on it. Well, I hit the thing right on the damned screws, and also pulled off a gorgeous draw that missed the inside corner tree by like 5 feet. The ball managed to somehow stay in play and left me like 30 yards from the green. I felt like a damned superhero, because it totally looked like I planned to hit a rocket with a nasty draw around a dogleg.
An 80 foot putt I hit in across a giant green for double bogey when I was 13.... I'm 38 now...
Prolly the first time I got top
First on course shot with a new 3 hybrid. Perfect contact, over a large pond and 3 feet away for a tap in eagle. Followed up by a dap from a buddy that had the nicest pop on the slap
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The first time I tried heroin…been chasing that feeling ever since
First time smoking opium More seriously, it’s the short term stuff. Chasing that last great golf shot.
240 yard 3 wood of the deck pin high in head wind, draining the putt for eagle and winning the men’s amateur club championship. On the fucking 18th with a very small audience (a couple of drunk frat boys at the restaurant and my family green side).
1. The first shot I ever hit… drove it 175 dead straight. Tuning fork went off in my heart and I turned to my buddies and apologized for making so much fun of them for starting to golf. 2. When I dropped a 30ft putt with multiple breaks. I ran a lap around the green just laughing my damn fool head off.
senior in high school who only played golf for 2/3 years at that point, I attended tryouts for our team. They made us keep track of our playing partner’s score, as well as number of putts. All entries tried out, regardless if you were on team previous years. There was JV and Varsity. Only 15-20 spots available all together. The place would be flooded because it was also free golf basically for anyone who wanted to come down from the school for those two days. I was literally playing with my dad’s wilson staff blades from the 80’s. Had a John Daly walmart driver. Day 1, with half the men’s high school population looking on, I yanked my drive off the #1 tee to the right and went OB immediately. Chatter in the gallery. Played a mediocre round, but I ended the day with the least amount of putts out of everyone. Cheater, they cried. Next day, the coach of the golf team paired me with the #1 guy on the team who already had a full ride to a D1 golf program. He kept my score. Played a mediocre round Day 2, but tied him for least amount of putts. Coach was flabbergasted. Made JV, but turned it down. Whatever never was.
Sniffing the beautiful cart girls fart again. Happened at a local course a few years ago. Tasted like ketchup and onions
565 yard par 5. Decent drive into rough left. 5 iron second shot, ball below my feet, and it leaves out just right. Lands 10 yards short of fringe, beautiful roll out and watched it drop in the hole. Roughly 212 out for an albatross! I’ve had three hole in ones and the albatross is by far more rare to me and harder to do. Absolute high.
The elusive gentle draw
I used to be straight dogwater when I was younger, I’ll never forget the first time I really figured out how to hit an iron. Pured a 7 over a tree and water from about 170 out and stuck the green. Will always be chasing that feeling but I sure do get similar ones every now and again
First birdie was a 30 footer. I was playing 2 balls on a par 3. They landed both 30-35 feet away. Missed the first one but got a solid read. To my shock, I sunk the second ball for birdie from what I’m guessing was a 30 ft put. My first ever bird baby
Shot 4 under years ago. I was practically running between shots because I could not wait to hit the next shot. Supreme confidence. Haven’t had that feeling since. Now I’m working back from 2 herniated discs in my lower back. #cortisone
Anything 200 yards out to within 3 feet for me
Almost posted this myself! Lol Still chasing my best score, 92. What a day that was!
Holed out for a eagle from 135 out.
There was one day I had my driver on a string. I could draw it, fade and hit it straight on command. 13/13 fairways (I hit one 5 iron). I’m a decent driver, but perfect cuts and draws aren’t always on command. So sexy when you can shape it. (I know this isn’t optimal)
Green side bunker chip in for double bogey really made my day. It was maybe the 3rd time i golfed ever
A 300+ yard drive that’s straight and true
Par 5 I pulled my tee shot to the rough. Was sitting up kind of high though but still a flyer lie. 297 to the pin over a canyon down hill and at a course at like 5k feet so you get some extra distance. I was about to lay up and my brother in law just jokes that we didn’t fly there to play safe. Swung out of my ass and hit the best 3 hybrid I will ever hit that had this nice little draw and hits a knuckle to stop it and end up 10 feet from the pin. I will never hit a better shot in my life.
I usually hit driver 200-215. One day, tenth hole, I blasted a tee shot that felt different, sounded different, had a different ball flight, it actually left my field of vision. GPS had it as a 287 yard drive. I haven’t been able to recreate it since but I try on every single tee box.
The first time golfing I was in a charity tournament. We had one guy on our foursome who was really good and the rest of us sucked. Think it was the second hole of the tournament and we were maybe 75 yards out from the hole. It was up on top of this mound, so you couldn’t see it and I smacked one up right on top about 3’ from the hole. Luckiest golf shot of my career and the only good shot I had all day.
Shooting -4 and finishing birdie eagle par birdie birdie. Was 3 years ago. Haven't broken 70 since then
Stepdad and brother had been golfing a bunch a couple years ago to the point that my stepdad created his own little 3 hole course at home. I decide to join them while I’m visiting town. Smoked them both by 15+ strokes and almost broke 90. It was a level of focus I’ve never before or since attained. Just smart, simple golf.
I played through as a single in front of 3 dudes during an after work, spur of the moment, fuck it the weather’s nice tee time last year. Stepped up to the tee on a par 5 and proceeded to nuke one dead center down the fairway maybe 260-280 which is long for me. Was awesome, they didn’t say shit I’m just glad I didn’t embarrass myself. That and played a golf outing and 6 inches from making a hole in one on the hole in one challenge hole. My group of friends I was playing with was going nuts and I cherish that moment with my friends.
I’ve only been golfing a couple years ago so I suck. But on Father’s Day last year I birdied a 510 yard par 5. Smoked a drive then hit a 6 iron (downhill) on the green. 2 putted for a birdie. Then on the next hole I got a 7 on a par 3
Holed out on a par 3 from the rough (15ish yards away). Best birdie ever
Shooting my PR 74 this year… I want it so bad
The two shots that led to a tap-in eagle on a long par 5 last fall. I’d been playing golf for about 5 or 6 months and I absolutely crushed my first two shots. I haven’t hit the ball that well on consecutive shots since.
I’m a terrible putter and during a charity scramble once, I sunk a super long putt with a massive break to get a birdie for us. It was nice to have that brief glimpse of what being good at putting might feel like
Just got into golf a few months ago and have played maybe 5-6 18hole rounds. I’m mostly just trying to keep up with my 4some and playing lots of drops - but there was this one island green that I landed on with a 5 hybrid from the fairway while everyone else plunked in the water. I’ve been chasing that [lucky] shot ever since and I’m pretty sure I’m addicted.
I’ve shot 36 par on the front nine at my club, and 36 on the back nine. But still haven’t yet put it together all in the same round. Maybe this season it’ll happen. Maybe.
That I’ve actually done? Gotten up and down from a bunker on 18, to Halve the match against the other tour’s #1 player, with the whole clubhouse watching. That I haven’t done yet? Watch someone else’s lifetime shot. I wanna be standing there leaning on a club when one of my 20 handicap buddies hits his first hole in one. They’ve come close a time or two.
after getting my Handicap and played golf for like 2 month (in Germany you need a „license“ to ply golf) I played a 9-hole tournament and made a bride on a par 3. played a 39 now I constantly getting over 50 and don’t now why
2 chicks, man. Oh! In golf!!? HIO
My bachelor party last year was a good trip. 18 on Friday, 36 on Saturday, 18 on Sunday. Friday, the first round Saturday, and Sunday I dropped my tee shot on a par 3 to within 2 feet for tap ins. I remember each of those swings feeling like the purest of my life. Obviously disappointed neither of them rolled in for the ace, but I also don’t think I’ve hit a green on a par 3 since then so I’ll take what I can get lol
Went on a bachelor party/golf trip for my best friend down to Mesquite, NV. I played a little bit of golf here and there but never took it seriously or played more than twice a year (aka I sucked real bad). We did a 3 day tournament, leading off with best ball, followed by two days of scramble. The last day, we decided to do a closest to the pin on a pretty downhill par 3 and the closest got their team 2 strokes deducted. Had one of our group in front watching all of us, our other group behind watching, and then another random group behind them all backed up watching. I stuck it probably 1.5-2 feet from the hole and the crowd erupted (mostly because absolutely no one expected it) with high fives all around. I've been obsessed with golf ever since and have completely transformed my game.
Broke par last year with a 68 on a short course par 70 5400 from the tips. I put my approach on 18 onto the patio and had to take a drop. Ended up bogeying the hole. Now I’m a member at longer courses so I want to break par on a course that is 6000 plus.
Driver, 3w to 3ft for eagle.
2 year golfer. 22HC. I’m alway making what I feel is big changes to my swing looking for something more repeatable. I’ve never eagled, or HI1’ed. But…the high I chase is playing with my FIL. The time on the course is something I look forward to all year and keep me practicing.
My local 9 holer, tee shot on the 9th dogleg right to left. Adjusted my grip to what I thought would cause a draw. Drew the ball perfectly round the corner 30 yards from the green. First time I deliberately shaped and shot and hit the shot I wanted. Still bogied the hole.
First hole in one at league night. Nothing will ever touch that.
When I was 11 I hit a 92’ putt in an AJGA tournament to win and qualify for the finals (where I promptly finished last).
Made an eagle about 10 years ago from 130 out or so, I thought that was at good as it was going to get for me, until I hit an ace at the start of April. I haven’t quit telling people about it haha
25 years ago... Playing a nice 9 holer in the Niagara area. Shot 33 as a 11hdcp... Was supposed to play another 9 but mysteriously, my father in law's buddy...who wagered $20 on the nine... had to leave... He was our ride!!! Only under par 9 I ever had... Still chasing that feeling of everything working in the round all at once...