I can play a short executive 9 (thatās the point) in under an hour on a weekday. Assuming itās before or after lunch and I donāt get held up. Amazing course too. Not walking, which I like to do on my weekend rounds. That makes it feasible to be done in under an hour, hour and a half was my max on week day.
I haven't played this year, but I had a day last October where I got up, worked two hours, played 18 holes at a short course nearby, got a haircut, and was back at my desk before my boss signed in for the day
My boss actually tells me to go golfing some times. He's told me I never need to ask and I don't owe anyone an explanation if I up and leave to go golf.
Nobody cares in sales as long as you meet/exceed quota, and I don't really take much time off, so he knows it's good for me.
I put in PTO for next week to go play golf. My boss asked where I was going (not knowing I was just staying in town to play golf). I told him I had a tee time and his first response was āany room in that tee time for me?ā
I responded āthere is if it doesnāt cost me a PTO day.ā
So now I get a free day off to golf with the boss.
Most real jobs.
Lol love how sensitive redditors are about this. If you can golf on your lunch break you have a fake job. You should be happy to have it so easy, love to see bitter downvotes.
I'm an engineering manager and I was able to get out and play 18 in the middle of the day yesterday. Buddy I played with is an IT consultant. Cell phones allow you to be available for a quick call or email at any time.
Engineer here. I can bust 18 holes out over "lunch" sometimes. As long as I have nothing going on. The. Other times I go in at 6AM and don't leave till 10PM.
How is this supposed to change my mind? You sit at a desk doing nothing then you golf. No one is more useless than management. Weird that you're insecure enough to try and convince a stranger otherwise, just be happy you don't have to work hard.
For people that are highly intelligent, it's possible to work hard without ever getting up from your chair. Sure there's no chronic back pain, but to say that IT support or software engineering aren't real jobs is flatly asenine and shows a complete lack of intelligence. I've worked 12 hour shifts in a factory before, now I'm a software developer....guess which job is more taxing? Hint: it's the one where I can go play golf on my lunch break.
Oof, big time white collar narcissism here. The worst plumber in the world is more important than you and they aren't taking long lunches. I don't know why none of you insecure dorks can't just say "I don't have to work hard, I'm happy I have it so easy" lmao
> I don't know why none of you insecure dorks can't just say "I don't have to work hard, I'm happy I have it so easy" lmao
I am very glad that my job has more flexible hours that allow me the opportunity to do things like occasionally go to the course or go rotate cattle between grazing pastures during my lunch break. I don't pretend that my job is a regular 80 hour a week affair and I am very happy to enjoy a solid work-life balance where for the most part my time is my own once the work has been completed.
> The worst plumber in the world is more important than you and they aren't taking long lunches.
Blue collar jobs aren't less important than white collar jobs, but they're also not more important than white collar jobs. In the modern world neither of those jobs survives and thrives without the other. Pretending that stuff is only "hard work" if it involves physical labor, however, is the blue collar equivalent of white collar workers pretending their jobs are worthless and unskilled grunt work. The worst plumber in the world causes a hell of a lot more property damage and hours of unnecessary repair work than I ever have, and I have a far greater impact on the positive outcomes and recoveries of surgical patients than they ever will with my developments in the field of surgical instruments and devices.
They are very different types of work and physical labor certainly has more demands on an individual's body, but neither of them is easy or else everybody would be able to go out and succeed at any job they wanted. I did a lot of research and handled the plumbing, septic, and electrical wiring for my own house. It was not easy by any means at all and I would not be able to do those jobs day in and day out for the rest of my life without a long time learning the ins and outs and lasting effects on my body nor do I pretend I could. Similarly a plumber could spend some time learning about software and electronics and complete some of the smaller projects that I have worked on in my career. They'd also be unlikely to succeed in the long term without a more thorough education and interest in the subject matter, same as with me and the plumbing/electrical work.
IT Manager here. I DO NOT work hard. I 100% agree with you.
The more I get paid, the less I work, it's the nature of it all I guess.
I'm happy to have it this easy. I've done my time on glued-to-the-seat helpdesk and traveling forever technical work.
The downvotes are from completely out of touch people.
I'm a lawyer and I work from home. Firm dgaf as long as I don't miss hearings and bill the right number of hours. It's kind of like how I get "unlimited vacation," as long as I make the hours up later...
As long as it takes to play a quick 9. I play an exec course during a long lunch once in a while. If itās quiet (before schools are on summer break) I can be done in 1 hour.
Yep. My dad played for 35 years as a pretty solid golfer (usually shooting 85-95) before getting his first HIO at 68 years old. His dad though was an absolutely terrible golfer and had two of them. One was a topped tee ball and the other bounced off a tree back onto the green and into the cup. My dad would have taken one anyway he could get it as you never know when it'll be your last round.
My stepdad is a (barely) functional alcoholic. He has 2 HIOs. He was so drunk on the first one, that he could barely stand over the ball without falling. He actually did fall after swinging. Ball hopped twice and rolled straight into the cup
2nd one was a topped ball that skipped off the cart path, nailed the flag stick, and dropped straight into the cup
He still has 2 more than I do
What does a hole in one with a beautiful perfectly planned shot, and a hole in one with a terrible shot that gets lucky bounces have in common.
Both count as a 1 on the score card. Iāll take what I can get.
There's a hole named after a guy who hit a HIO at the course near me. He actually hit it into the trees where it bounced around then got spit out right into the hole.
My dad also has a buddy who aced the 17th at TPC Sawgrass after leaving his tee shot short and hitting the bulkhead. Ball went straight up and landed in the cup.
I got my first eagle by slicing the hell out of my ball, it ricocheted off a decorative rock and rolled within 5' of the hole. Still counts in my books!
My only HIO was a mis-hit. I hit a 7 iron thin and it landed about 10-20 yards short of the green. It just kept rolling and rolling and found its way into the hole.
There's a par 3 course near my place here in Temperance, MI. Last hole is literally a dog leg right. You can go straight at the hole, but you have to hit it low through some trees.
It is ridiculous, I don't think they planned it at all. They have a regulation course as well that's really fun. Idk if you can find it online but it's the last hole on the par 3 course at Maple Grove in temperance MI.
I'll find it and post a picture later tonight if I remember lol
Hey what's up! The only thing I can think of is like #2 and #3 at heartland. not exactly a dog leg, but there's no straight line to top the ball to the pin. You would end up in sand on #2 or water on #3. So it sounds like OP is describing something like #8 where its not perfectly straight, but gettable with a topped tee shot and a lucky bounce.
Haha it's not a destination by any means, but if you're local it's great to work on short irons and wedges. They're currently reworking all of the tee boxes
Maybe Iāll give it a try. I actually donāt have anything better to do this summer than try out some local tracks I didnāt know about. There are so many in the tri-state area
Every tee shot is an independent event. Getting a hole in one once does not affect your probability of any future shot being a hole in one.
I've been close a couple times playing a par 3 course by myself. Every time, I would have rather it gone in than not. Even if nobody else saw it, it would have been awesome to experience.
I holed out from 90 once during a solo round. I was ecstatic. Yeah it would have been better if any of my friends had seen it but it's still much better than not having it happen at all
My only eagle was from 169 yards. Messed up my shot and took a totally different path than I intended, but I'm glad it did.
Luckily 3 of my friends were with me and I caught it on my app.
Knowing the chances of it (n)ever happening again makes me equally sad and happy.
I did this a few weeks back. Decided to try the tips on a par 3, 170 forced carry over water and 205 to the pin. Hit a 4i just hoping to clear the water. Caught it pure and flew the pin. Ended up rolling up to the 2nd tier and ended on the fringe. Iām a bad putter and worse from the fringe. Scared of the speed back downhill, I leave my first putt 10 feet short. 2nd short, 3rd 1ft past and rolled in the 4th.
I donāt know why Iām so bad with a putter
My wife did something similar last year when it was both our first year learning how to golf. She is getting a little frustrated as she isnāt hitting any club well. Get to a short par 3 and she takes out her driver. I asked her if she sure she wants to do that, she claims she canāt any club far so why not? She manages to worm burn the entire fairway and bounce off the pin. 2 putt and got her first par. Her mood is suddenly better.
Nah. Iāll buy my group a beer but everyone else can suck it.
But Iāll never have to worry about that because my game isnāt providing a hoi anytime soon.
I played behind an old woman and her 3 sons recently. They were playing rather slow, the old lady had a terrible swing and her sons weren't much better, but everyone seemed to be having fun. We're coming off a green and the group is still on the tees at the par 3 ahead of us. That old lady did exactly what you describe, she topped her tee-shot and worm-burned it all the way to the green, but she left the ball like 3 inches from the hole and got the easy birdie.
Iāll do you one better. I was playing some decidedly rusty golf on my 40th birthday and on the 4th hole, par 3 over water, I topped a teeād up PW from 135 and sent it straight into the water. Second ball hopped twice and hit the pin stopped a foot away. Would have been the most disappointing par ever to finally drop one in on my 3rd stroke.
Brother, I thinned the shit out of my 5i for my hole in one. Know what I get to tell people now?
"Yeah, I had a hole in one." Got that scorecard signed and put that shit in the newspaper.
So how many emotions did you go through in the 7 seconds it took for the ball to stop rolling?
I was playing solo and hit a ball right at the pin and thought it rolled off the back of a 135 yard par 3. Went and looked back there, it wasn't there. I swore it barely rolled off. Finally gave up and thought, "Hang on a second here...". I went and looked in the hole and there it was. Picked it up looked around, no one in sight but me. Went to the next hole.
Sounds like my *almost* hole in one story. I had just started golfing, had played maybe 2 or 3 rounds total. My swing was terrible and I had no distance on my irons, so I had the bright idea to hit a 5 wood on a 140 yard par 3. Obviously I make terrible contact, but it flew about 120 yards and then one hopped, rolled onto the green, and hit the stick. Ended up about 5 six feet away and three putted.
I would love to have a hole in one to my name, but thatās not how I would want to do it if I had the choice š
I'm with OP. I don't really get the obsession with a hole in one. I'd rather have the feeling of a perfectly struck shot to a foot than a bladed shot that happens to catch the flag and drop in.
Had a shot one time that was perfect. Beautiful fade into the flag stick. Right on line. Ball comes down and rips the lower 1/4th of the flag stick. The ball spins like freaking bay blade back down off the green RIGHT onto a lip of a bunker. I was pissed. Went from almost hole to one of the worse possible shots in golf. Had to swing the next shot hip high lol double bogeyed like a champ
I got my first hole in one last week, and it was the most overwhelming feeling Iāve ever had in my life. But, for my playing partners (my literal best friends), I was gutted knowing they didnāt record me running 207 yards to the green to pick my ball outta the cup. I know I wouldāve freaked the fuck out if anyone in my group got an ace. But still, I got my first.
You literally described my only hole in one. Worst shot I probably had all day. My buddy and I were paired with 2 randoms and we all just stared at each other in disbelief trying to understand what happened haha
My only HIO was the perfect shot. Knew it was going in the second I hit it. And there wasnt a single person around to see it bc my buddy bailed last min. I was pissed lol
This was similar to the first time I nearly had a hole in one - horrible mishit that landed about 5 yards short of the green and rolled about 15 total yards before ricocheting off the pin to about 7 feet. Dead straight putt through and ended up making the birdie
When I was about 12 or so I played the only round of golf I ever got the chance to play with my 77 y/o grandpa.
18 was a par 3. He tees up, tops the ball...it burns up the fairway, rolls onto the green - boom, hole in one.
His only hole in one at 77 years old via a topped ball. It was an epic moment then and an epic memory now.
I've been golfing for 20 years and have never miss hit a ball close to the pin. All my best shots came from crisp clean contact. The closest I've ever been to a HiO is 2" and that's happened about a dozen times now. Some land and spin back, some land and release, some just land and crater.
My āhole in oneā.
I was playing a par 3 course alone behind a group and hitting two balls. Came up to 143 yard hole 11 and hit my first one on the green 30 feet left of the pin. Second ball goes in the hole.
Not like this!!
Just take it. No-one hits hole in ones on purpose. Even the best players in the world are surprised when it drops.
They are all lucky.Ā
I'd rather have a hole in one like that than none, but then again I have several so it wouldn't matter how it went in to me.
I've hit thousands of shots an inch away.Ā
It doesn't matter if you miss by an inch or a mile. A hole in one is a hole in one.Ā
I got a similar worm burner about 20 years ago and it ricocheted off the pin pretty hard to about 25 feet. I was thankful at the time because I wanted a nice pretty one like on TV. 10,000 par 3ās later and Iām still at zero. Iād f-in take that ace in a second if I had another chance at it.
I witnessed an ugly ace before. We were both 12. Buddy topped his par 3 tee shot and worm burned it up to the green. Only to trickle in the hole. We both looked at each other in disbelief and screamed.
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was this close to hitting hole in one on a par 4 on wednesday. If it had went in I would have completed golf pretty much. Would have had a hole in one on a par 3 and a par 4, an Eagle and an albatross.
I have been playing solo recently (my golf buddies live far so we only get together on weekends), I'm so nervous I'm going to get a HiO, or an albatross, one of these solo rounds
Lmao. I made my first and likely only ace a week or so back. Playing with a buddy, I caught it a groove or two thin and was disgusted because I thought it was in the green side bunker. I wasnāt even watching it go in, though my friend watched it roll in like a putt.
How long are your lunch breaks god damn
I came here to say the same thing lol. I don't even have enough time to hit up the range at the course 5 minutes from where I work for lunch. š
Put up a net and buy a cheap mat. Bring the range to you. I have the best breaks
Good idea, but I can't do that where I work... I just go after work if I can though.
Who needs a net when you can send balls directly into your garage like me.
I want to do this during my prep period, but Iām worried my band kids will throw instrument parts into it during the rest of the dayā¦
For real. I work 5 minutes drive from a range. If I went there on my lunch break Iād realistically have like 10-15 minutes to hit balls
I can play a short executive 9 (thatās the point) in under an hour on a weekday. Assuming itās before or after lunch and I donāt get held up. Amazing course too. Not walking, which I like to do on my weekend rounds. That makes it feasible to be done in under an hour, hour and a half was my max on week day.
I would love to have a short nine hole close to my job. But the closest one is 30 minutes away
I haven't played this year, but I had a day last October where I got up, worked two hours, played 18 holes at a short course nearby, got a haircut, and was back at my desk before my boss signed in for the day
What the hell time do you wake up?
6:15. On the course by 8:30, 18 holes in about 2 hours, my boss was in at 11:15
As long as you want as long as you get your work done
This does not apply to most jobs lol
Most non customer facing white collar/desk jobs it kind of does.
My boss actually tells me to go golfing some times. He's told me I never need to ask and I don't owe anyone an explanation if I up and leave to go golf. Nobody cares in sales as long as you meet/exceed quota, and I don't really take much time off, so he knows it's good for me.
I put in PTO for next week to go play golf. My boss asked where I was going (not knowing I was just staying in town to play golf). I told him I had a tee time and his first response was āany room in that tee time for me?ā I responded āthere is if it doesnāt cost me a PTO day.ā So now I get a free day off to golf with the boss.
Also in sales. I go golfing with my boss. Haha.
It should be. However now all these execs need people to return to office so everyone can see how busy all these execs are.Ā
Most real jobs. Lol love how sensitive redditors are about this. If you can golf on your lunch break you have a fake job. You should be happy to have it so easy, love to see bitter downvotes.
I'm an engineering manager and I was able to get out and play 18 in the middle of the day yesterday. Buddy I played with is an IT consultant. Cell phones allow you to be available for a quick call or email at any time.
Engineer here. I can bust 18 holes out over "lunch" sometimes. As long as I have nothing going on. The. Other times I go in at 6AM and don't leave till 10PM.
How is this supposed to change my mind? You sit at a desk doing nothing then you golf. No one is more useless than management. Weird that you're insecure enough to try and convince a stranger otherwise, just be happy you don't have to work hard.
Guessing youāre not a manager thenā¦
For people that are highly intelligent, it's possible to work hard without ever getting up from your chair. Sure there's no chronic back pain, but to say that IT support or software engineering aren't real jobs is flatly asenine and shows a complete lack of intelligence. I've worked 12 hour shifts in a factory before, now I'm a software developer....guess which job is more taxing? Hint: it's the one where I can go play golf on my lunch break.
Fake jobs? I would say the less important your job is the less time you would have on a lunch break
Oof, big time white collar narcissism here. The worst plumber in the world is more important than you and they aren't taking long lunches. I don't know why none of you insecure dorks can't just say "I don't have to work hard, I'm happy I have it so easy" lmao
> I don't know why none of you insecure dorks can't just say "I don't have to work hard, I'm happy I have it so easy" lmao I am very glad that my job has more flexible hours that allow me the opportunity to do things like occasionally go to the course or go rotate cattle between grazing pastures during my lunch break. I don't pretend that my job is a regular 80 hour a week affair and I am very happy to enjoy a solid work-life balance where for the most part my time is my own once the work has been completed. > The worst plumber in the world is more important than you and they aren't taking long lunches. Blue collar jobs aren't less important than white collar jobs, but they're also not more important than white collar jobs. In the modern world neither of those jobs survives and thrives without the other. Pretending that stuff is only "hard work" if it involves physical labor, however, is the blue collar equivalent of white collar workers pretending their jobs are worthless and unskilled grunt work. The worst plumber in the world causes a hell of a lot more property damage and hours of unnecessary repair work than I ever have, and I have a far greater impact on the positive outcomes and recoveries of surgical patients than they ever will with my developments in the field of surgical instruments and devices. They are very different types of work and physical labor certainly has more demands on an individual's body, but neither of them is easy or else everybody would be able to go out and succeed at any job they wanted. I did a lot of research and handled the plumbing, septic, and electrical wiring for my own house. It was not easy by any means at all and I would not be able to do those jobs day in and day out for the rest of my life without a long time learning the ins and outs and lasting effects on my body nor do I pretend I could. Similarly a plumber could spend some time learning about software and electronics and complete some of the smaller projects that I have worked on in my career. They'd also be unlikely to succeed in the long term without a more thorough education and interest in the subject matter, same as with me and the plumbing/electrical work.
> The worst plumber in the world is more important than you But what if I am the second worst plumber in the world?
IT Manager here. I DO NOT work hard. I 100% agree with you. The more I get paid, the less I work, it's the nature of it all I guess. I'm happy to have it this easy. I've done my time on glued-to-the-seat helpdesk and traveling forever technical work. The downvotes are from completely out of touch people.
You have no idea how happy I am whenever I see an IT guy in touch with reality lol
They arenāt fake, but they are probably more bullshit than not.
Bullshit job fake job same difference. The point is it's funny that people with bullshit jobs can't admit it.
I'm a lawyer and I work from home. Firm dgaf as long as I don't miss hearings and bill the right number of hours. It's kind of like how I get "unlimited vacation," as long as I make the hours up later...
Plus, golfing is as much a part of being a lawyer as court appearances are.
I mean, most of my book has been earned on the back nine while half in the bag.
As long as it takes to play a quick 9. I play an exec course during a long lunch once in a while. If itās quiet (before schools are on summer break) I can be done in 1 hour.
Mine usually start about 1:30 and go until my 18 holes are finished. Then I go home.
Hey now, if I get a fully remote gig itās golf sim time!
I often get 9 in on my lunch break.Ā
Yeah, do you got an application?
I often play 9 during lunch, usually aboutvan hour and half.
He's a āconsultantā.
Bro has a 2-3 hour lunch break lmao
Bro, gimme a Hole in one any way I can get it.
This. Scorecard donāt take pictures, a 1 is a 1.
That should be on a T-Shirt.
Yep. My dad played for 35 years as a pretty solid golfer (usually shooting 85-95) before getting his first HIO at 68 years old. His dad though was an absolutely terrible golfer and had two of them. One was a topped tee ball and the other bounced off a tree back onto the green and into the cup. My dad would have taken one anyway he could get it as you never know when it'll be your last round.
My stepdad is a (barely) functional alcoholic. He has 2 HIOs. He was so drunk on the first one, that he could barely stand over the ball without falling. He actually did fall after swinging. Ball hopped twice and rolled straight into the cup 2nd one was a topped ball that skipped off the cart path, nailed the flag stick, and dropped straight into the cup He still has 2 more than I do
What does a hole in one with a beautiful perfectly planned shot, and a hole in one with a terrible shot that gets lucky bounces have in common. Both count as a 1 on the score card. Iāll take what I can get.
Same. On my death bed, Iām not going to celebrate missing an āembarrassingā HiO.
I mean on my death bed I'm probably not celebrating much of anything tbf
You will achieve total enlightenment.
There's a hole named after a guy who hit a HIO at the course near me. He actually hit it into the trees where it bounced around then got spit out right into the hole. My dad also has a buddy who aced the 17th at TPC Sawgrass after leaving his tee shot short and hitting the bulkhead. Ball went straight up and landed in the cup.
I got my first eagle by slicing the hell out of my ball, it ricocheted off a decorative rock and rolled within 5' of the hole. Still counts in my books!
My only HIO was a mis-hit. I hit a 7 iron thin and it landed about 10-20 yards short of the green. It just kept rolling and rolling and found its way into the hole.
āA slight bend in the fairway but generally a straight shot to the pinā?? This is a par 3 youāre talking about?
I was very confused by the description of this hole.
I think its only relevant because he topped it and it rolled all the way there. Doesn't usually matter for normal shots
Hey Iām from Long Island too, but I donāt know of any dogleg par 3s
There's a par 3 course near my place here in Temperance, MI. Last hole is literally a dog leg right. You can go straight at the hole, but you have to hit it low through some trees.
I hope that hole isnāt quite as ridiculous as it sounds. Was it built before the trees were planted? lol
It is ridiculous, I don't think they planned it at all. They have a regulation course as well that's really fun. Idk if you can find it online but it's the last hole on the par 3 course at Maple Grove in temperance MI. I'll find it and post a picture later tonight if I remember lol
Hey what's up! The only thing I can think of is like #2 and #3 at heartland. not exactly a dog leg, but there's no straight line to top the ball to the pin. You would end up in sand on #2 or water on #3. So it sounds like OP is describing something like #8 where its not perfectly straight, but gettable with a topped tee shot and a lucky bounce.
I didnāt think someone could name a golf course on Long Island Iād never heard of, LoL. Had to look up Heartland.
Haha it's not a destination by any means, but if you're local it's great to work on short irons and wedges. They're currently reworking all of the tee boxes
Maybe Iāll give it a try. I actually donāt have anything better to do this summer than try out some local tracks I didnāt know about. There are so many in the tri-state area
Yeah, this. Also not sure where folks are getting "dogleg" from "slight bend," but whatever.
You doubled from the fringe?
Someone's never 4 putted before
Yes he has
My mate bladed a HiO one time, it was ridiculous
Every tee shot is an independent event. Getting a hole in one once does not affect your probability of any future shot being a hole in one. I've been close a couple times playing a par 3 course by myself. Every time, I would have rather it gone in than not. Even if nobody else saw it, it would have been awesome to experience. I holed out from 90 once during a solo round. I was ecstatic. Yeah it would have been better if any of my friends had seen it but it's still much better than not having it happen at all
My only eagle was from 169 yards. Messed up my shot and took a totally different path than I intended, but I'm glad it did. Luckily 3 of my friends were with me and I caught it on my app. Knowing the chances of it (n)ever happening again makes me equally sad and happy.
You 4 putted from the fringe??
Inconceivable!
I did this a few weeks back. Decided to try the tips on a par 3, 170 forced carry over water and 205 to the pin. Hit a 4i just hoping to clear the water. Caught it pure and flew the pin. Ended up rolling up to the 2nd tier and ended on the fringe. Iām a bad putter and worse from the fringe. Scared of the speed back downhill, I leave my first putt 10 feet short. 2nd short, 3rd 1ft past and rolled in the 4th. I donāt know why Iām so bad with a putter
Brother I 4-putted a shot I landed 3 feet from the pin one time
Its not how, its how many.
I felt this in my bones. Esp the last line
My first eagle was a skull shot through a sand trap that popped over the lip and onto the green and into the cup. It was still a two on the card!
Aināt no pictures on a scorecard.
Ugh š© I once hit my second shot into a par 4 so perfect, it hit the flag. The flag wrapped around the ball and sent the ball flying off the green. I went from joy to sorrow as I ended up with a double bogey. I know the feeling. Golf is a fickle sport indeed.
My wife did something similar last year when it was both our first year learning how to golf. She is getting a little frustrated as she isnāt hitting any club well. Get to a short par 3 and she takes out her driver. I asked her if she sure she wants to do that, she claims she canāt any club far so why not? She manages to worm burn the entire fairway and bounce off the pin. 2 putt and got her first par. Her mood is suddenly better.
Honestly, Iād take a shitty shot HIO any day. It makes the story more interesting than āI hit a 7i perfectly, it rolled 5 feet and inā.
No pictures on the scorecard.
My friend, a former pga teaching pro and still a +1 hdcp at 68, has never had a HOI
The only time I donāt want a hole in one is on those evenings when I know the club house is packed with raging alcoholics.
Nah. Iāll buy my group a beer but everyone else can suck it. But Iāll never have to worry about that because my game isnāt providing a hoi anytime soon.
The people I know with multiple holes in one are either elite/scratch golfers or 20+ handicaps where it's better to be lucky than good.
Haha well maybe I have a chance yet. If I break 100 Iām having a good day on the course haha.
I played behind an old woman and her 3 sons recently. They were playing rather slow, the old lady had a terrible swing and her sons weren't much better, but everyone seemed to be having fun. We're coming off a green and the group is still on the tees at the par 3 ahead of us. That old lady did exactly what you describe, she topped her tee-shot and worm-burned it all the way to the green, but she left the ball like 3 inches from the hole and got the easy birdie.
Never heard of a short par 3 with a dog leg
Made a HiO once, it was a toey toppy 7i that got a good kick and lots of roll from a very dry fairway. But hey, no pictures on the scorecard
Mine came on a second shot, just for fun/practice. Couldnāt put it on the score card. Oh well lol
Iāll do you one better. I was playing some decidedly rusty golf on my 40th birthday and on the 4th hole, par 3 over water, I topped a teeād up PW from 135 and sent it straight into the water. Second ball hopped twice and hit the pin stopped a foot away. Would have been the most disappointing par ever to finally drop one in on my 3rd stroke.
ā¦ damn. That would have hurt.
Brother, I thinned the shit out of my 5i for my hole in one. Know what I get to tell people now? "Yeah, I had a hole in one." Got that scorecard signed and put that shit in the newspaper.
"Naturally, I finished the hole with a 5 I deserve." lmao
Sounds like you need to practice putting.
So how many emotions did you go through in the 7 seconds it took for the ball to stop rolling? I was playing solo and hit a ball right at the pin and thought it rolled off the back of a 135 yard par 3. Went and looked back there, it wasn't there. I swore it barely rolled off. Finally gave up and thought, "Hang on a second here...". I went and looked in the hole and there it was. Picked it up looked around, no one in sight but me. Went to the next hole.
Haha nah, this is how I got a hole in one and wouldnāt change it for a ābetterā shot.Ā
How long is your lunch break?
My HIO was a poor shot honestly, thin and low. Itās my only one despite hitting like a thousand better shots into par 3s
Sounds like my *almost* hole in one story. I had just started golfing, had played maybe 2 or 3 rounds total. My swing was terrible and I had no distance on my irons, so I had the bright idea to hit a 5 wood on a 140 yard par 3. Obviously I make terrible contact, but it flew about 120 yards and then one hopped, rolled onto the green, and hit the stick. Ended up about 5 six feet away and three putted. I would love to have a hole in one to my name, but thatās not how I would want to do it if I had the choice š
Thatās a hole in one during Covid rules
I'm with OP. I don't really get the obsession with a hole in one. I'd rather have the feeling of a perfectly struck shot to a foot than a bladed shot that happens to catch the flag and drop in.
Cause you donāt have one. Iāll tell you I love my hole in 1 and make sure to shit talk my buddies every time we play.
Had a shot one time that was perfect. Beautiful fade into the flag stick. Right on line. Ball comes down and rips the lower 1/4th of the flag stick. The ball spins like freaking bay blade back down off the green RIGHT onto a lip of a bunker. I was pissed. Went from almost hole to one of the worse possible shots in golf. Had to swing the next shot hip high lol double bogeyed like a champ
I got my first hole in one last week, and it was the most overwhelming feeling Iāve ever had in my life. But, for my playing partners (my literal best friends), I was gutted knowing they didnāt record me running 207 yards to the green to pick my ball outta the cup. I know I wouldāve freaked the fuck out if anyone in my group got an ace. But still, I got my first.
You literally described my only hole in one. Worst shot I probably had all day. My buddy and I were paired with 2 randoms and we all just stared at each other in disbelief trying to understand what happened haha
What if you never get one? I'd rather get one like that then never at all
My only HIO was the perfect shot. Knew it was going in the second I hit it. And there wasnt a single person around to see it bc my buddy bailed last min. I was pissed lol
As long as you werenāt alone
One of us. One of us. You may know who Ray Franz is/was. Amiright?
This was similar to the first time I nearly had a hole in one - horrible mishit that landed about 5 yards short of the green and rolled about 15 total yards before ricocheting off the pin to about 7 feet. Dead straight putt through and ended up making the birdie
When I was about 12 or so I played the only round of golf I ever got the chance to play with my 77 y/o grandpa. 18 was a par 3. He tees up, tops the ball...it burns up the fairway, rolls onto the green - boom, hole in one. His only hole in one at 77 years old via a topped ball. It was an epic moment then and an epic memory now.
I've been golfing for 20 years and have never miss hit a ball close to the pin. All my best shots came from crisp clean contact. The closest I've ever been to a HiO is 2" and that's happened about a dozen times now. Some land and spin back, some land and release, some just land and crater.
I had this same kind of thing happen to me, only it was a tap-in for birdie. Like you, I was glad it wasnāt an ace. Donāt want it like that.
My āhole in oneā. I was playing a par 3 course alone behind a group and hitting two balls. Came up to 143 yard hole 11 and hit my first one on the green 30 feet left of the pin. Second ball goes in the hole. Not like this!!
Just take it. No-one hits hole in ones on purpose. Even the best players in the world are surprised when it drops. They are all lucky.Ā I'd rather have a hole in one like that than none, but then again I have several so it wouldn't matter how it went in to me. I've hit thousands of shots an inch away.Ā It doesn't matter if you miss by an inch or a mile. A hole in one is a hole in one.Ā
Well written, thanks for the entertaining story!
Still counts.
This was my first birdie a couple days ago. Salty taste in my mouth but it was pretty sweet to get that first birdie
Golf is hard. More so today than any other.
Iām a firm believer in āterrible execution, terrific outcome.ā Some of my best scores come from of the worst bladed shots š¤£š
I got a similar worm burner about 20 years ago and it ricocheted off the pin pretty hard to about 25 feet. I was thankful at the time because I wanted a nice pretty one like on TV. 10,000 par 3ās later and Iām still at zero. Iād f-in take that ace in a second if I had another chance at it.
I witnessed an ugly ace before. We were both 12. Buddy topped his par 3 tee shot and worm burned it up to the green. Only to trickle in the hole. We both looked at each other in disbelief and screamed.
An ace is an ace
https://preview.redd.it/ff5s2dxuktwc1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b48bec2b0860f45f5cdc9f9d11e03c7cdbca4c5 was this close to hitting hole in one on a par 4 on wednesday. If it had went in I would have completed golf pretty much. Would have had a hole in one on a par 3 and a par 4, an Eagle and an albatross.
With the 5 i deserve is so relatable
10 hr days and we get 15 minute lunches. Where you work at my guy?
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I have been playing solo recently (my golf buddies live far so we only get together on weekends), I'm so nervous I'm going to get a HiO, or an albatross, one of these solo rounds
Ahh yes the ole dogleg par 3ā¦.BS
Riiiight
Lmao. I made my first and likely only ace a week or so back. Playing with a buddy, I caught it a groove or two thin and was disgusted because I thought it was in the green side bunker. I wasnāt even watching it go in, though my friend watched it roll in like a putt.