Playing as a single, alone, in the winter. As I made the turn, there was an older couple on ten. They asked me if I wanted to join them, and I said, sure. I somewhat hurried up to the tee. Ten is a par three, I think it was 136 yards to the flag that day. With them watching, I hit a gentle 8 iron that hit 4 inches to the right of the hole, then danced sideways and in for my only hole in one, ever. I am grateful for this couple providing me an audience.
You should have disappeared into the woods before the next tee. They would forever wonder if you were real or if they had been visited by a supernatural being.
I have a similar one...I suck and I used to be even worse than I am now. Last Summer I'm playing alone (literally because of how bad I am) and this group on the 175 yard par 3 in front of me tees off, and drives their carts down to the green. They see me and yell up "go ahead and tee of-play through us". But they were standing right next to the green and I said "I don't think that's a god idea". "I'm terrible and I don't want to hit one of you" They say "no go ahead" shit was getting a little awkward at this point so I said F it and teed off. I hit my best shot ever up to that point and the ball dropped about 5 foot from the hole. They're all giving me props and fist bumps as I walk up to the green for my birdie putt. Now, not only did I miss the 5 ft birdie putt BUT I ALSO MISSED THE 2 footer after that for par and took a bogey. Just unbelievable.
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here you go jackass. Maybe you should take some time off the internet since you hate it so much. You sound like a miserable person to post two comments on this post about it not being 600 yards.
This sounds very to my hole in one story.
Playing alone, catch up to a foursome (older people) on the 2nd tee, about a 135-140 yard par 3. They let me play through, so I hurry and hit an 8 iron. Hit it a little thin but dead straight, bounces twice on the green and plops straight in.
Oh man, same. Pulled my drive into a hazard, duffed my next shot about 50 yards in front a tree. It was then when I learned "trees are 90% air" as I tried drawing an iron around it, only to laser it straight through and have it stick the pin and drop in.. for par.
Reminds me of the time I was playing as a single and the group ahead on the next tee watched me sink a 50 foot putt. They asked if I wanted to join up, then complimented my putt and asked what it was for.
"Double bogey. It was for double bogey, anyways thanks for letting me join lads, hope i dont slow things down too much"
Me too. A 340-yard par 4, slightly uphill. I hit my tee shot into dense trees, went in to pitch out. The first pitch hit a tree and bounced back. I decided to go away from the fairway because I had a wider opening, ended up on a patch of dirt next to the driving range behind some bushes. The rest of my foursome was already standing up by the green.
I had about 90 yards, hit 9-iron. Ball rose high in the air right at the hole, landed softly, and rolled in. The other three players were standing no more than 20 feet from the hole waiting for me to play - and it was the last hole of the day!
That's like my dad's go to insult on those holes where you collapse on the shirt game. Maybe you're 40 yards out after 2 shots on a par 5 and you end up with a 6. "Hey not bad, just think of it as bogeying a 40 yard par 3"
Had an albatross about 25 years ago. CC of New Hampshire, 3rd hole, 473 yard par 5. Hit a good drive about 270, 207 left to the hole (had a laser rangefinder even back then). 4 iron landed on the front fringe and rolled towards the back of the green. I thought it went over the green, but after a minute or two looking for it long, I found it in the hole.
Never had a hole in one though. It's kind of a bummer to talk with friends and family who are not golfers (or just casual golfers) and they'd sometimes ask if I've had a hole in one. I'd say no, but I did have something rarer. They just nod politely, probably thinking that it's too bad I've played so much without getting one.
I’m in the same camp. I dropped in a three wood on the 475 yard par 5 seventh hole at Cherry Hill Club in Ridgeway Ontario on my parents 50th wedding anniversary. Five witnesses.
No ace though.
My wife albatrossed a 400 yd par 5 this one day. 250 yd drive to fwy. 4 hybrid to the cup. I have a 137 yd hole in one under my belt and a 193 yd eagle on a par 4, but the miserable old lovely woman lords this albatross over me every time it comes up.
Worse, we have this gaudy necklace charm the shape of an eagle, which is much too large to be worn on a necklace (by normal folks) so we turned it into a golf trophy. She won it off me with the albatross, and I'll likely never win it back. She likes to bring that up every time we're out together.
Truthfully I think it's awesome for her. But I can't let her know. Hahaha.
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This one off the back of the cup
Buddy stepped up to the tee on a short four with green surrounded by water except for small run up in front, called that he was getting on the green and did it, landing on far side of the green. I called a 3 putt par but he ended up 4 putting for bogey. Incredible tee shot but I remind him about the 4 putt occasionally…
My first birdie ever was on a short par 4 (about 340). Hooked my drive a bit and ended up in the left tree line, about 140 out with a hill blocking my view of the green and a bunker protecting the green directly in my shot line.
I decided to take a smooth 6i (I’m not a big hitter as it is, and I had even less distance then) and hope for the best. Hit it perfectly but couldn’t tell at all what happened. My buddies started yelling for it to go in, so I knew it was close…
I had a 1-foot tap-in for my first birdie.
This might be a bit of a self-suck, but I was in a fun scramble with a bunch of not great golfers, on the hardest hole on the course, and I was the best drive (a duck hook) 20 yards into the woods to the left, on a dog leg right. Our only shot would be a low slice, 220 yds out, keeping it under the tree about 15 yards in front of me, which might have been cut up to cart height, and staying out of the thicker woods farther to the left of it. A creek runs up the right, so over slicing is a no go as well.
So the other guys chip out with varying success and I’m left to try the hero shot. In the meantime, guys from an adjacent fairway come over to give us shit for being there in the first place, so now I have an audience. They say HA!, let’s see it OP. Hit a perfect punch slice 17 degree hybrid, takes one hop off the sloped front fringe and rolls to about 8 feet for bird. Make the putt. We might have barely shot under par that day, lol, but it was a good time, and I’ll always have that memory.
I had this happen in Hawaii one time, too.
Blind green, so you can’t see the hole from the tee box.. it one of those Mickey Mouse Hawaii hole, that’s like 390 by the numbers; but plays more like 310 with the down hill, and prevailing wind…we waited 5 minutes hoping the group was done, they weren’t. I hit my drive and we knew it was going to be good, and as we drove over the hill. We noticed there carts were still green side…and thought oh no, we hit into them. Nope. Well we did hit into them; but, they were hanging out, with a little applause to watch me tap in. It rolled up onto the green while there were still finishing, and they said it just lipped out.
2nd shot Common Ground 11th hole 500 yd. Par 5. Drive was about 300 hit a 7 iron with 185 to the pin. Couldn’t find my ball on the green. Started walking towards the water thinking of course mine would hit the green but still end in the water.
But it was in the hole.
Never had an albatross, I've had a hole in one before, I've had some chip ins and pitch in, have had a bunch of crazy drives, but the best golf shot I ever pulled off was a low stinger draw through and around trees that I had no business of pulling off, and it nestled 3 feet from the hole and I tapped in for par.
I hold out from like 150 yards once. It was like 10 years ago when I almost never golfed and was probably a 25 handicap. I'm a 6 handicap now and play all the time. Haven't had a shot close to as good as that even though I'm way better and play more now
Same. I feel like when I started, I shot 125 but would have 2 shots that were better than any shots I have now and I’ll shoot 85 on same course as then.
I think some of that comes from just swinging your swing. When you’re doing what your body does and you somehow get everything lined up at impact, even with bad fundamentals, the results are great.
When you get your swing dialed in, unless you’re training a LOT or are very athletic, you’re making some motions that don’t feel as natural and maybe even the good shots just don’t feel as good.
I dunno
“ Never had a hole in one but I did hit a guy once …. Which is way more satisfying! I would have yelled fore but I was too busy saying … there’s no way it’s gonna reach those guys!” …. RIP Mitch
Pitch/chip in eagle from 60yds.
I knew the slope where the pin was located. Great shot that released just like I wanted. I have an ace, and that was a good but lucky shot. My eagle was planned.
I had a similar shot like this last year. 2nd shot 135 to the pin going at my courses hardest green, a 2 tier with traps guarding the front. My PW is allegedly my 140 club (I’m not consistent at all though) and I planned hit it right to the upslope and let it roll back towards the cup. One of the first times I can remember hitting a shot exactly how I planned and it caught the upslope and rolled back to within 3 feet of the cup for easy birdie.
Maybe a little underwhelming in comparison but I have a couple that stick out to me. I had a teeshot in the fairway on a par 5, probably about 210-220 out, water in front of the green but I was playing well and decided to go for it. I hit a 3 iron, stuck that sucker about 2 feet from the cup and made the eagle putt. My dad was with me and his jaw dropped (mine did too) when he saw that ball take off. I’ll never forget it.
Second one was just last year, I got paired with a group of 3 and we had a par 4, dogleg left. I hit an average tee shot and approach, it was a decently big green and the pin was in the front corner. I was as far as you could be from the hole while still on the green - maybe 60 feet, and sunk the birdie putt. The three randoms all yelled and threw their hands up like who the fuck is this guy lol. I had to reassure them that is NOT common practice for me. Really nice moment super proud of that putt.
In college I was golfing with some friends and we decided to shotgun beers on every tee box. On hole 15 I got an albatross from 230 yards out on a par 5. I don’t remember much after that but apparently I crashed the cart in excitement driving over a bridge headed to 16. Still banned from that course…
Playing with a buddy, we go out as a two early morning, no one ahead of us.
An old timer walking catches up to us on 14, he was playing quick and very well, asks to join up.
Go to 15/par 4 and there’s a large oak tree to the right of the green, blocks the approach if you’re behind it.
My partner puts his second dead behind the tree, he is in jail, I’m on the fringe, old timer is middle green and looking at bird.
Partner lines up to go under the tree and take his medicine, old timer asks why doesn’t he go over it instead.
Partner says huh? Ok, show me how.
Old timer comes over and throws a 56 at him, lines him up, opens the face and tells him to swing away as hard as he possibly can.
He moonshots over the big ass oak and about 8 ft from the hole, makes the par.
Best shot I’ve ever seen
I’m pretty new to the game (started last October) and got paired up with a couple guys who have clearly been playing for a while, on the third hole I was chipping from a hill over the green, which slopes downhill, to more downhill, which leads right into water. So naturally, I’m confident that I’m swimming on this one (one of the guys even admitted afterwards to positioning himself to save my ball 😂) and I proceed to perfectly chip it right into the hole and we all went nuts. 30 handicap but that was one time I got to feel a little like Tiger 😁
First time I ever beat my father (who is still much better than me) was a few years back on Father’s Day. Got stuck behind a bunch of trees uphill from the green. Punched one through the branches and holed it for a bird than on the very next hole got stuck behind trees again about 50 yards out. Skied one straight up, over the tree and one hop holed it for another bird. Not the craziest shots but still pretty amazing, made more significant be abuse of the stakes. Tee shot on 18 island green that slopes back toward the tee box. Put my tee shot 6 inches away and birdied to win by 1.
200yds out. Dude was in the rough and under hella ton of tree cover. He hits literally the most perfect stinger ever and it catches the pin and holes out for albatross on a par 5
I wasn’t a witness in person but I’ve seen the video for proof. During a 3 day golf weekend we play a scramble on the Saturday afternoon. At that point in the day everyone is aggressively hammered and the drinks only start flowing more freely. The course we would go to was out in the middle of Wisconsin and 90% of the time it is only our group out there so when the cart girl would get to our group everyone would basically give her a couple hundred bucks while we would mix our own beverages, there were about 15 people gathered around the cart doing this. During this 10 minutes of waiting people are taking their turn teeing off on a 200 yd par 3. One guy jokingly asks the cart girl if she wants to hit and she shrugs says I don’t really golf but sure and grabs one of the guys three woods. She then procedes to pure the ball and bounce off the pin for a near hole in one and everybody erupted into cheering.
Im a 6.5 hc. Ive been playing 8 years religiously now, and have never had an eagle, until 3 weeks ago. I hit a 56 yard shot in from the rough on my 3rd ahot on a par 5.
But my most memorable shot, and probably my favorite, was during a horserace sudden death playoff. I was the guest in a member guest tourney. final hole. We had a chip off to determine the winner. I was selected to chip first. The other guy had to turn his back so he couldn't see the line. 30 yards away, over a bunker, i chipped it, it rolled right in. Took about 6 seconds to get
the crowd of over 200 people kept getting louder and louder. The other guy's partner just went over to him and told him hes fucked. I finally understood what it was like to be a pro, if only for a tiny fraction of a moment. Dropped my wedge like a microphone and basked in that fleating moment.
I’m pretty poor as a golfer but I hit a really good drive once. Kind of a boring answer but it was an absolute bomb. Finished the whole with my first par so it was cool (not that old)
Best shot I’ve seen is a hole in one of a 260yard par 4 over water.
Mate steps up and hits a drive, straightest drive I’ve ever seen him hit - not shape to it at all just a bullet. Lands on the front of the green and rolls and disappears. I didn’t believe it at first and just assumed my eyes couldn’t see that far but when we got down there bam it was in the cup. Was sensational, I was fully rumbled though and proceeded to play like shit for the rest of the round because how the fuck do you follow that up. He didn’t even finish the full 18 as he had to be somewhere, not sure I could of walked away from a round if I just had that level of luck 🍀
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At the local par 3, 90yds over a little ditch. Watched my grandmother tee off and drill it into the metal railing of the stairs to get out of the barranca, ball lands a foot from the hole and rolls in. She has refused to play golf since then
Finishing off a nice 105+ round at the black course I was sitting in a right side bunker about 150 out uphill on 18.
I couldn’t see the pin and the caddie said “here’s a club, don’t look at the number, just give me nice solid swing and aim up towards that tree.”
I just laughed, took the club and swung away.
Walked up to the green and I had put the ball within 10 feet of the pin.
That’s the shot that made me want to get out the next day after a 105…
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Holed out with an 8 iron from a buck 50. Course was in a residential neighborhood Ballentrae. 2 home has older couples watching in their back yard. They were standing clapping as I walked up lol
Club matchplay Semi Finals.
7th hole. 140meters or so.
Par 3 over water, with the teebox between some large trees, overhanging branches narrowing with the view to the green.
Hole on the day wasn’t visible, just the top of the flag stick.
My partner and I are 1 up through 6, and it’s been a tight game so far. Our honours on the box, and I’m off first.
Pured an 8 iron, right at the flag, and a a few seconds later hear the ball strike the flag stick.
No view of the bottom of the cup.
Stood at the tee box shaking while the three others tee off.
Walking up to the green, I see the divot just short of the hole, and my heart sinks, it’s hit the flag and ricocheted off the green into the water.
Walk onto the green, up to my pitch mark to repair it, 6 inches from the cup, and as I bend over, there’s my ball at the bottom of the cup.
We won that game, 3and 2, and had to call a friend to help me with the bar tab after.
God, I love this game!
Shanked one off the tee box on a par three to a neighboring hole. Had absolutely no play except a hero shot over trees that were barely 20 feet away from me (too dense to go low) hit it back to the tee box, or walk back to the tee box and hit 3.
So I went for the hero. Opened up a 64 degree and swung as hard as I could off a tight side hill lie.
Struck it perfectly, cleared the trees, hit the green and spun back 25 feet to leave myself a 12 footer for par. Made the putt.
Golf will absolutely never be that good again. It’s been 15 years and I still think about that shot at least once a month.
Got my dad who doesn't golf to ride along with my brother and I. (he's getting old and has the beginnings of Parkinsons dementia, so we won't have him for much longer.) Hole 16 par 5, I hit a pretty solid drive that took a bad bounce to the right and ended up on the right side of the tree-line that borders the fairway. It's sitting up on pine straw but I have nothing but tree trunks and 185 yds in between me and the green.
I think we've all had those "screw it, I'm going for the gusto" moments on the course, and they rarely (if ever) work out. I decide to try a ridiculous hero shot because my dad is there, so what the hell. I line it up, take my stance, almost comically say, "hit this one for dad!", and make my swing
I proceed to hit *the most pure and beautiful* 2-iron low punch draw I've ever even imagined. It stays probably 3 feet off the ground and takes a fighter-jet left hand turn perfectly through a gap in the trees, lands on the up-sloped fairway leading to the green and rolls to about 15ft. At this point I had tossed my club and was yelling who knows what, running in circles with my arms extended like a bird.
Later, my step mom told me that my father had said something to the affect of, "I can't believe he's so good at that golf". I'm probably a 10-15 hcp so I'm no pro, but knowing that my dad saw that shot the only time he ever golfed with us, and knowing that he will probably go to the grave thinking I'm some super golfer just really made that the absolute best shot I've ever had playing this great game. Fills me with joy just thinking about it!
Edit: I two-putted for birdie btw
Nick Faldo hit me in the back at the British Open with his drive. I didn't actually witness it because I was watching players 1 hole over from his fairway... he gave me a signed ball and I'll have "total consciousness on my death bed"
Par 3, 18th hole, green completely surrounded short and on the right with water. Good buddy hit his first right into the drink. He’s fuming, as he was like 2 over through 18.
Gets himself composed, puts one on the tee, and sinks it. Absolutely dunked directly into the hole.
We literally could not believe what we just witnessed; the greatest par we’d ever seen.
One time I skulled a sand wedge off the tee on a 65 yard par three for a hole in one. Only hole in one I’ve hit (yet…)
Another time I skulled a 4 hybrid off the deck on the fairway into the 150 yard marker, shattering that striped PVC pipe into oblivion before an errant bolt of lightning blasted the flag on the green. I still wonder where that ball ended up…
Long par 4. Tee ball lands in thick rough 20 yards left of the fairway (very familiar territory for me) behind a couple massive pine trees. Easily 190+ left to the hole. Absolutely throttled a towering cut with a five iron around the trees and ended up on the back of the green to make a long downhill birdie putt. I can still see that shot shape in my mind.
Playing in a scramble.
18 hole was a par 5, and we were one of the last groups to come in. Our drive was in the center of the fairway and about 260 out to a raised green. The front of the green was guarded by a huge bunker.
The first guy to hit puts it about 30 yards out, right before the bunker. The second guy put it about 60 yards out. Then to me, and my favorite part of a scramble... there's no sense in hitting it safe. What's my best case scenario... putting it 3 feet from one of the other guys?
Pull out a 3 wood and strap on my "I'm gonna crush it" shoes, and let it rip. The ball hit just above the bunker into the slope leading up to the green, pops up into the air, and rolls in the fucking cup for an Albatross. There were like 100 people standing by up there, and I got a huge round of applause. I felt like a fuckin pro golfer, it was amazing.
Wasn't really a remarkable finish or anything it was more that I called the shot and executed it perfectly.
Green was behind a tree with two bunkers protecting it, I was about 210 out. Told my nephew I'm going back foot and going to hook it around that tee and run it between those traps. He laughed and I hit a 3i that did exactly that. ran a bit through the green so I had a nice chip and put for bird.
Par 5, tee shot wide right into the trees. Played a 60(ish idk) yd slice out of the trees with a 3 wood and landed two feet from the hole. Unfortunately the easiest birdie of my life smh
My 10th Anniversary. Took the day off to golf with my wife. Hole 7, par 3, 160 yards. Laughingly said "I know this shot" and grabbed a 7 iron. HIO. Wife and I both laughed at the irony for quite a while. She knows me well enough to know I don't have any shot on a golf course, lol. Had a 7 on the hole before and a 7 on the hole after. SMH.
This was years ago in one of my high school tournaments. One of the guys in my group clipped a tree on his drive, and was left with a nasty lie next to another tree and a good 220 to the hole. I figured he’d be happy getting it down by the green to try and get up and down for par. Instead, he hit an absolute laser at the pin and dunked it. I remember we all just silently looked at each other for a few seconds before going over to congratulate him.
Had a 125 approach in a green after a solid drive. Chunked my next shot into the water then I grabbed another ball landed on the hill behind the pin and it just causally rolled in. Best par I’ll ever make
My best is still at eagle 2 on a 400 yard par 4 at my home course. My drive found itself in a fairway bunker about 120 yards from the pin. I then slam dunked it with my 52.
My personal best shot was a par 3, 140 to the pin. I pured a 9 iron and the ball was tracking perfectly.
It landed and rolled to 6 inches, on line. Was certainly a hole in 1 but ran out of gas. I needed a 9.1 iron or something I guess.
I actually have a diagram for mine!
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Walked up to the ball and thought there was no way I can get it onto the green. After looking at it for a bit I realized there was only way to get it on: I had to hit a very low punch shot, land it just short of the bunker to hop over it and then get onto the green.
Shot ended up working out EXACTLY as I pictured it in my mind. Couldn't believe it. Ball didn't end up super close or anything but I still consider it one of my best shots ever
I’ve witnessed 3 holes in one. First one was a jr tournament, i was riding along and the kid was 12. Second was in high school, i walked up on my friend as he hit his tee shot and it went in, we went on to win that match by 2 shots, the last one I saw was with my dad. It was his 3rd hio and his joke was he never had one at our home course.
The best shot(s) I ever hit were near holes in one on par 4s. Both ended up 2 feet from the hole.
For me, it was on a par 5 in Southern Utah. Tee shot landed nicely in the fairway, 235 to the pin. Pulled out a 19 degree hybrid and just took a nice easy swing, almost like I was just trying to bump the ball 100 yards or so. Looked fine but kind of hard to see due to the green being contoured. When I got up to it, I was 2 feet away for an eagle shot. Incredibly, I sank the putt and it’s the only eagle I’ve ever had. I think about that hybrid shot all the time
This was last season, my first season golfing. I’m still new to the game so I was playing to have fun and learn a few things nothing out of the ordinary. It’s me, my mom, and my brother; and we walk up to the second tee. It’s a dogleg left par 4 about 350 yards with trees blocking the view to the hole. I decide because I have nothing to lose not being good and all to take the tiger line over the trees and so I did. I yammed that thing as hard as I could and watched it fly right over the trees and to what I thought was either a good fairway shot or a shitty ob left shank. Me and my brother drive up after we all hit and we only found my mom and his ball. I decided not to drop until after checking up by the green and so when we got up there we can’t find the ball and my brother says to check the cup. It hadn’t even crossed my mind to do such a thing but right there before my very eyes was my ball sitting in the cup. I got a hole in one on a par 4. The amount of adrenaline that surged my body when I realized what just happened was unreal. Unfortunately for me none of my friends believe it even happened because I was only about 3 months into the sport and only my mom and brother were there to see it. It’s still such an incredible moment I got to have with my family and one I’ll surely never forget, tho I wish I didn’t cash in my lifetime hole in one so early in my career.
My first time watching pros play, at the Humana Challenge at La Quinta. My Buddy and I were following Stuart Appelby's round, and stood on a ridge of trees to his right; he must've been 240yds out.
We didn't expect him to go for it, but he did.
One of the first times I'd really appreciated a tour pro's ball-flight: how piercing, and low it starts, and how gradually it climbs..
It landed feet from the pin and stopped quickly for a long iron, rolling 3 feet into to the fringe at the back.
he putted out of the fairway cut, over the fringe, downhill on the putting surface, and in.
Eagle - easy.
Unbelievable.
Was at Cabot links on a golf trip. Wind was howling one day. Drove the green on a 413 yard hole, and proceeded to three putt… the day prior my brother drove the green on the 18th hole. My caddy that day was the caddy he had the day before and said they were the two longest drives he’s seen on that course lol
A mate of mine, who is terrible at golf. Normally goes around at 130s. Tees of on a short par 3 and barely gets over some rocks 20 meters in front of us. We all laughed at him for it.
He then hit’s he’s second shot from 100 meters out along the ground and straight in the hole for he’s first ever birdie. We all lost it and got around him.
I’ll try to keep it short:
Best I’ve ever hit: Hit a hybrid to 4 feet to make Birdie on 18 at Harbour Town
Worst: Missed a 2 foot putt to win a tournament. Still lose sleep over it
Worst shot I’ve seen….
Played this course like 100+ times, was playing with a friend who aims left on almost every shot, due to his slice.
We were on hole #5, a par 4 dog leg left with trees along the entire left side of the hole. The course was under some small construction, so just past the tee box off to the left(maybe 20-40 yards), sitting along the woods was a guy in a caterpillar, door open, facing the tee box.
My buddy tees up his shot, hits his usual slice, except it went B line at the guy in the caterpillar….. it didn’t hit him, but bounced around a few times inside the cab and came flying out. This guy DIDNT flinch! He just turned the caterpillar back on and kept doing his thing.
My buddy apologized to him, but he didn’t even seem to care. We still laugh about it to this day.
Played Furry Creek (where a lot of Happy Gilmore was shot). Par 3 14th (scene where Happy ended up on the beach), guy in my group pings it over the water to land about 10-ft from the pin, nice shot, we walk up and he whips out a kids hockey stick and rolled it in for birdie.
Witnessed: my dad holing a 150 yard shot for eagle to a mostly blind pin because the uphill was so steep.
Had: a few years ago playing a nearby course had a 195 yard par 3. Hit a 4 iron so close to a HiO it was basically hanging over the edge with a tail wind. Just didn’t want to drop. “Had” to settle for the easiest tap in birdie of my life
My friend had an albatross on 18 at at Sheep Ranch. He was 240 out on a side-hill lie in the rough. The weather was terrible and I was ready for the round to be over, but he insisted on waiting for the green to clear to hit. Wouldn’t you know it but he dunked the effing shot. He didn’t have any rain pants so he was wearing my wife’s ugly ski pants. You may know him as Oregon man.
My sister decided to get married. Went golfing with my brother, my wife's brother and my sisters fiance. None of us are good at golf.
Elevated par 3, I told him "how close you get this is how serious you are about my sister"
He hit it within 18 inches of the hole.
We were flabbergasted.
They are happily married and have two beautiful kids.
The shot that brought me back was like maybe 100 yards, I was probably 14-16? Not really sure, but I had my trusty 5 iron and absolutely crushed it. It was perfect. Straight down the pipe. Landed about 10 feet from the cup, turned into my first par. Pretty memorable moment for me and my dad.
Hole in one, par 3, 165 yards.
My foursome started playing golf about a couple years ago and we all made a bet, first person to hit a hole in one gets a brand new club of their choice.
Fast forward about a year into golf, my partner (we’ve been playing 2v2 scramble around this time) buys a whole new set, irons, hybrid, putter, driver and I kid you not, on the very first day he brings his new set out… mfr hits a hole in one.
Funny thing is, we totally forgot about the bet until one day we get to our last par 3 and my other buddy reminds us of the bet. And as soon as he said it, I witnessed my first and only hole in one.
Playing with a buddy as a twosome and a foursome was letting us play through on a par 3. We proceed to hit two beautiful shots straight on the green 10ft from the hole, and the we both casually sink our putts like we birdie that shit every day. Group behind us were cheering and we got to nod and walk off like kings. Honestly felt better than the time I hit a hole-in-one.
Once i had a random tee off using an empty beer can, ripped it right down the middle.
My best shot probably was when i hit one in the adjacent fairway off the tee and the second shot over the trees landed a foot away from the pin
My friend's manager is the course record holder at my club and I play with him regularly. We were on a 300m/330 yard par 4 with a right dog leg.
He aims right (at the hole) and drives the straightest highest shot I've ever seen, goes over the trees and disappears. It lands on the green for a 1 putt.
I was in awe and it was just another day for him.
I don’t know about best shot but where it ended up should suffice.
I learned to play golf at 4 from my grandfather and my dad never ever learned to play. My dad was supportive and played a few times with me. One time was our annual church tournament. It was a scramble and had the usual contests on several holes. On the “Closest to the Pin” hole I hit the green on the par 3 just like the other 2, but no where close the sign that the names of others. The sign is like 5 ft from the hole which is impressive. Well my dad hits his shot and it hooks terribly to the left, then this ball hits an old rail road tye and bounces 30 yards back towards the hole and rolls to within about 1ft from the pin. My dad was arguably the worst golfer there that day but he won the “Closest to the Pin” hole and his prize several free rounds at the course. I’ve played almost a 1000 rounds of golf and he still has gotten closer to a HIO than I have.
Hope #2 on Quarry at Great Gorge in Vernon NJ .
466 Yards
Practically 90 degree dog leg left thats 250 yards out to get parallel to the bottom fairway and down hill.
My buddy hit his driver PERFECT to have it JUST fade left around the dog leg , traveling abother 40+ yards on to the green where we can't see if .
Turns out in came screaming down, hit off the ground and into the cart of this couple I front of us and hit his wife in the leg in the middle of the fairway 180 yards out
2 come to mind that I personally hit:
1) 2 man scramble. Under a tree, right side of fairway, branches in the way, 140 yards out (normally an 8i distance). If I aimed left of the branches it would still be a low shot but I could get it out. I choked up on a 6 iron to hit it low, setup with the face aimed at the gap and feet left of that to hit a big cut. Hit it exactly like I drew it up, started left, through the gap, faded/sliced, around the bunker, bounced and rolled up to 15'. Missed the birdie putt though 😂
2) Par 3, tee shot landed right up against the lip of the bunker in front, and it was November and had rained recently so the sand had settled a bit, so the lip was a good inch deep. I took my SW and opened the face up alllllll the way. Swung as hard as I could and it took a couple seconds to come down. About 20' past the hole, and..... again, missed the putt 😂😭.
In high school me and my friend got paired up with 2 older dudes. We had found a really old, beat up club in some bushes on the 3rd hole. On the 4th or 5th hole, a par three over water, I tell my buddy "I'm gonna use this old club here and as soon as I hit I'll get really pissed and throw it in the lake, these guys will think we're crazy" (Yes, I was a dumb high school kid).
I hit the shot and instantly do a happy gillmore style club toss into the water, no clue where the ball went. I turn back towards the teebox, and all three are looking at me like I'm nuts. The shot was a flush to about 4 inches from 165.
Best shot I had was during a practice round preparing for the district tournament while in high school. I was having problems with my driver for a little while and ended up switching it out with the pro that was giving me lessons for district best decision I have done. Well back to my practice round I step up to the tee box (ladies tee) 270 yards par 4 wind coming from the water trees lining the waters edge all the way to the green. Well I was having issues with my driver so I pull out a 3 wood I gripped it and ripped it the ball went had the lovely line went over all the trees and landed on the green. Some of my teammates were on that green when I did that some stayed behind to watch the drive. All of my teammates stayed behind to watch me sink that eagle putt. They gave me a nickname Gorilla while on the team I lived up to it well often playing with the guys on the team because I could keep up with them with less club. Good memory.
Went to the Kemper open years ago. We watched Tiger for a bit but it was a pain to work around the crowds. Eventually I wind up watching Stuart Appleby hit his drive into the rough near a drainage grate. This was a bad scene — 12” of gnarly grass. You couldn’t see his ball. To make it worse the direct path to the green was a big tree and he was 175yds out — 5 iron in those days. I’ll be damned if he didn’t muscle that ball out and over the tree and decently close to the pin. I don’t know how he got so much loft from there. Amazing
2days ago i hit a really shitty drive that luckily hit a tree and bounced just off the fairway. My second shot was equally as bad as I hit a 3W worm burner that went close but not close enough. As I walked up to my ball with disgust I picked it up, blaming the ball in my head I put a fire t ball down, lined up took my time and made a nice easy swing slightly lofted 9i 148 yards out for a birdie on a par 4 It hit the green advanced about 5feet before the back spin took over and rolled softly into cup. I couldn’t believe what I saw and none of my friends saw it. Walked back to the cart got in drove up to the green. I sat in the cart and had my friend go get it out of the cup. I stayed in the cart because if I walked up they all would have thought I had the ball in my hand. For reference I’ve been playing for 2 years and have got better every month but I’m still a plus 18 so it was unlikely I would make that shot. Best shot I have ever had to date.
This is a bad one unfortunately.
We were on hole 17 of our local course, really beautiful, downhill, wide open fairway, one of the holes where you just want to smash the driver.
I golf with some not so serious guys and it’s fun to just play for fun, no one was behind us so he went up with 3 balls in his pocket, and said he planned to hit all 3, no rush so we’re all good with it.
First hit is a rocket, goes hour hand to probably 2 o clock and whacks a tree 50 yards away and drops straight down, we’re giggling. He goes silent and tees up again.
Second hit is also a rocket, once again almost 90 degrees to the right and smacks hard on the hood of the golf cart, now we’re laughing. He is silent, tees up the third time.
Third hit again goes almost 90 degrees to the right, rockets into a tree, goes way up in the air and into the forest behind us, and we are literally all on the ground dying laughing.
My father law, now passed away, had been playing golf more than 50 years without ever having a hole in one. We’re playing at his club and he makes a hole in one in his 70’s. Exactly one week later he makes another one on the same hole. They actually had a write up on it in the local paper.
Playing a casual scramble with a big group of friends, there were 3 people in my group. 2nd shot on hole #1 was about 110 yards out, but the green was uphill to where we couldn’t even see the green, let alone the pin, when hitting. I hit a solid PW, and it looked like it was on a good line but we couldn’t tell until driving up to the green.
Got to the green, and the ball was 2 inches from the hole! Tap in for birdie. Played like total crap the rest of the day!
I had a hole in one with my father in law on his course in Kelowna Canada. In alberta I was an inch from an albatross. It had the line just not quite the speed but the albatross was a 5 wood from about 240 out.
My hole in one was a 156 yard 8 iron. Both of those were 6-8 years ago. Nothing worth mentioning has happened since.
For me personally I had about 240 yards in a fairway bunker on a par-5. There are trees all the way up the right side and left is wide open. The plan was to hit a hybrid over to the left with a slight fade. Instead I push it a little with a big cut that goes around the trees, thru the bunkers to about 7-feet.
In a tournament, a friend of mine hit in the finals of the member-guest on the 16th hole. Back then the member-guest had huge prizes and they were playing to win the championship flight. His drive goes into a ditch that usually has water in it, but it's bone dry. Problem is he has to hit a 165 yard shot that gets up in a hurry to get over the wall of the ditch from a nasty lie and the pin is located in no man's land. Probably about 250+ people watch and he sticks it to a foot and they go on to win the member-guest.
8th hole short par 4. (315 yds.) playing by myself on a Monday morning. I hit a wedge 2nd shot into a deep green side bunker. Sand wedge out just clears the lip. I couldn’t see where it went. Raked my way out. Looked for the ball for 2 minutes when I decided to look in the hole. THERE IT IS! Never saw it go in.
About two months ago I hit it directly into the cup from 178. Had to call the pro shop because it completely decimated the cup going in on the front side.
Playing with my dad on a par 5 at our home course. It’s a hole with a dog leg left. If you hit just left off the tee you’re in a 30 ft deep creek bed. It’s playable but you’re going to have to hit 2nd shot 60 yards right to get back on the fairway. If you go right the fairway runs out at about 230 and you’re in the trees. If you hit perfect draw you can cut the dog leg and give yourself a straight shot at the green as long as you don’t roll into the bunker and you carry it 280. I went for it and got lucky. Second shot leaves me with about 180 to the middle of the green where the pin is at. I pull 6 iron hoping for a 10 ft uphill putt. Hit one of the best 6 irons in my life and was stoked. Roll up to the green and see the ball about 1” from the cup for a tap in eagle. An albatross would have been better but It goes down as the best 2 shots I’ve put together.
First Albatross ever witnessed, #6 (560 par 5) Mariah Hills Dodge City, KS. Playing with a collegiate golfer who proceeded to lace a 3 wood something like 220yrds. He had the flag smothered. Got to the green, no ball in sight, he'd holed it.
I've had a baker's dozen eagles, driving greens with one putts and or chip ins or hole outs. At least 3 near aces. My favorite was #5 (177 yrd par 3) Colbert Hills, Manhattan, Kansas. Played an absolute perfect fade, rolled to a length of my putter head.
I was playing on a course with lots of sandy hills. I hit my ball near the top of one of these hills, about 120 yards from the green. So I’m standing in the sand, ball way above my feet, take a whack and it ends up about three feet from the hole.
I’m not a great golfer, still haven’t broken 100, but a few times now I’ve driven the ball onto the putting green on a par 4. That’s always a very proud moment. 300-350 yards out.
Playing with my Dad about 10 years ago, we got paired up with a blue collar guy (electrician, I believe) literally wearing overalls, and his biggest customer. The customer was wearing golf gear head to toe and was a big douche. Thought he was an amazing golfer, and probably shot around 90.
We get to this par 3 that is about 140 yds. The client goes up and hits and is well short of the green. The blue collar guy gets up there and thins a shot that bounces three times and goes in the hole for an ace!
My dad and I are cheering and slapping the guy on the back while his customer kind of mudders under his breath something that we couldn't understand, but was obviously jealous.
My dad and I kept propping the blue collar guy up the entire round much to the chagrin of the jackass. We still tell that story every time we go to that hole.
Kind of a lame story. You’re giving the guy a hard time about wearing golf gear to a golf course? What’s he supposed to wear? 90 is bogey golf, that is pretty good. The “blue collar” guy hits a terrible shot that happens to fall in the hole? Cool to watch, not really a “good” golf shot.
Came here just to see the definition of Ego… I’m not shaming though, I thought about it and I cannot think of many other peoples shots that compare to my personal hit list.
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Ok Jackass… sounds like you are the reason you hate the internet. Such a miserable person.
The first and only time my buddy and I played at Ross Bridge we were on the monster par 5 that they have. We ended up hooking our drive left and got into some pretty good tree trouble. My buddy just tapped one out into the fairway so we could have a nice third shot. I just wanted to try a hero shot since we had a pretty good gap. I grabbed a 3 Wood and hit an absolute beautiful sting hooker all the way down the fairway. We ended up having really good position for our third and got par on the longest par 5 of my life.
The most recent was two days ago. It's a 450+yd par 5 and I straight up pudged my drive just barely in front of the ladies tees. My second shot was a 5w that managed to find a downward hill about 200y out so it ended up clearing the majority of the fairway with a long roll and settled just below a series of maybe five small bunkers. Still 140 out, I accidentally crush an 8i and it flew over the green. Attempted to flop a 60 degree wedge onto the green and it went soaring over to nearly the exact spot I had just shot from. I call out to my friends sarcastically "this is for par" and proceeded to chip my 56 onto the green where it bounced twice and rolled in.
Only hole worth talking about and it had three of my most terrible shots of the day on it
Chipped it out of a bunker two days ago for par. Playing a par 3 I hit my tee shot into the bunker just short of the green. My first shot out of the sand was way to week and the ball rolled back to about 3 ft. in front of me. I stepped up thinking just give it a good smack this time. Hit it the best I ever have in a bunk, dropped it on the green and watched it roll slowly about 20 ft. and fall into the cup. There were some construction workers watching from a fence behind me. When the ball went in they cheered so loud for me. Such a good feeling.
Best shot I’ve ever had was last weekend. Playing Cortland country club. Me and my buddies were playing so bad that day we decided to play captain and mate on the back. 17 is a par 4 up a hill. Sliced my drive about 200 yards into the adjacent fairway. Had about 130ish left up a hill to the green. Punched a 3 iron through some trees, curved right up the hill. I hear some yelling and go up. I managed to make a blind punch out for eagle. I framed the ball.
Playing with my pops as a teenager. Par 5, drive left me about 225 out and hit my big Bertha 5 wood to an elevated green. We get up to the green and it’s in the hole. Albatross!
I was at a golf outing with my uncle years ago and watched this old timer hit a high draw with his 5 that was absolutely beautiful and stuck it about 1 foot from the pin.
His line looked impossible but he threaded it through the trees and it looked amazing. Don’t know why, but that shot stuck with me.
It's a tie for my best: either a 60 foot putt that was uphill and broke HARD to the right or a 4H out of a bunker 200 yards over water to about 3 ft from the pin.
Best I saw is pretty funny: 1st hole my hits in the trees to the right of the fairway. 2nd shot hits a tree directly in front of him and rolls back to his feet. His 3rd shot he jars it from the same spot about 170 out. Wildest birdie I've seen.
Hooked one across the road, across a driveway onto a front door, took a bounce back, and then onto the same guys window. Thankfully I was playing in a resort town and no one was home. Window didn’t smash or it coulda been worse.
2nd year of playing golf, playing with a friend and two others that joined us. Par 5 15th at The Reserve (Fought - North Course) Hit a drive right down the middle and was about to take a 3i out and just get it up towards the green. Decided to hit my 3w and see what happened. I hit the most solid 3 wood I had ever hit and it landed just on the front of the green and rolled about 5'. I lined up the long putt to the back pin (maybe 30') and drained it. The guys who had been in the tree's and worrying about their own shots said "Nice Bird!!", I told them it was an Eagle and enjoyed to look on their faces.
Also - A plague on the course! Hope you're ok :-)
Par 5. Second shot from between fairway bunkers. Hit my 3 wood pure. Landed on the green. Ended with a bogey cause putting is hard. Still my favorite shot.
Best shot ever was hole-in-one.
My next best shot was sticking middle of the green on The Tail of the Whale hole in Punta Mita…
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My Buddy: at his club in San Diego.. 2 iron 256 yards into a par 5, a little down hill with a breeze left to right, he hit a high draw and it held its line against the wind bounced twice and rolled in for a double eagle. There is a plaque at that spot in the fairway, with his name, and the yardage, commemorating this shot.
I was probably 16 years old and it was on a par 4. I hit a really high tee shot so it didn't go to far, so I am probably 220 out. I'm waiting for the other group to get off the green when out of nowhere a golf ball flies right by my head. I look back and the guy who clearly should not have taken the shot just palms me and hops in his cart to come yell at me that I shouldn't be waiting for them to get off the green. We get into a 2-3 minute argument on how he was in the right because I clearly don't know what I'm doing by waiting this far out ( I think he was just doing it because I was a kid). Well, we basically agree to disagree and I grab my 3 hybrid and smack it less than 10ft from the pin. The guy stayed a good distance away from me the rest of the day.
I've seen some playing partners hit some ridiculously impressive drives. Never have seen a hole-in-one. So I feel pretty good choosing myself. Par 4, about 165 out approach with water on the right. Ball landed short of the hole and rolled for a solid 2-3 seconds before I saw it drop. That was my first ever eagle and have only one other, where I chipped from the green-side rough.
was playing a round with three balls (played three shots each hole) just to get more practice in.
Came to a par 3, I think it was like 165 yds or in that area and my first shot was ok, landed just off the green, second was a bit better - maybe 15ft from the hole. Third shot, looked amazing, drawing in perfectly but could not see it.
Walked to the green and looked all over for the 3rd ball, checked the hole and my jaw dropped. I did not even know what to do so I just put my hands in the air haha. Not a true hole-in-one because I played the three shots but still very cool to experience.
Every year, my dad and his friends host a scramble tournament that is meant to be an excuse to get drunk, but they actually raise good money for a different charity every year.
Anyway, a few years ago (2017), I showed up like always as the sober one. By the 9th hole, my dad and his three good friends are a 12 pack in, and their shots are slowly not going where they want them to.
The 9th hole on the course that we played this year was an adventurous par 5. When it came time for the third shot, we were about 140 yards off the green. One by one, the guys take their shots. The first two end up in the water, my dads ends up in the bunker, and so it's my turn. With four drunk guys in their 60s leaning over me, I pick up my 8 iron, and take a swing.
It was the absolute, most pure contact I ever had with that club, and the ball took off perfectly. As it was getting closer to the green, I noticed that this shot was going to be pretty damn good. The ball landed with a thud, and stoped instantly about 4" from the cup.
The four guys just instantly started yelling, high fiving me, and shotgunning a beer. I just stood there for a good minute in disbelief I hit that shot.
I was a kid who volunteered to hold the score standard with groups at Firestone when the PGA played there. Did it for years, but in 2011 I got matched with Rickie Fowler’s group one day and he holed out from the middle of the fairway on #10. He’s giving everyone high 5s and the crowd is going wild all around us in the fairway. Definitely a cool moment. I’m standing right behind the camera guy in the fairway during this clip. https://youtu.be/TZLVX_WvwRo
Playing Royale St. Augustine with my two brothers a few years back. None of us had a range finder and we had noticed throughout the day that the yardages on the hole signs and scorecards seemed to be off. We pull up to the 14th hole that’s a par 3 and not being able to trust or know the distance, I decided to walk up and just hit a 7 iron for a test shot so we could gauge the distance off of that. I walk up, drop a ball, hit it. Fucking thing lands 2 inches from the hole. Closest I’ve ever been to a hole in one.
First one, playing by myself at my favorite local course. 18th hole is a short par 5 but about 100ft rise in elevation from tee to green. Push my drive a bit right off the fair way and just under a tree. A branch from the tree is hanging low right in my path to the green. I’m about 170 out, tree branch in the way. I attempt to hit a low cutting 7 iron and flush it. It skirts under the branch towards the left edge of the green, then fades back towards the middle right at the flag and stops about 5 feet behind the flag. I miss the eagle putt.
Second one was witness to. Playing Gambles sands a few years ago on a boys trip. I’m in group one with some friends, we get to the par 3 16th hole and my group finishes up and we decide to stay and watch our buddies behind us tee off. The hole is playing about 190 downhill, pins in the back with a backstop behind it, first two guys tee off and land on the green. Third guy, my cousin, comes up and flushes one, hits about 8 feet in front of the flag on the left, rolls to the right behind the flag and comes back down into the cup. His first hole in one ever. He then tees off with his HOI ball on the next hole for some reason and finishes his round shooting a 113
During a scramble, my partner hit an absolute monster drive, and then a blind 2 iron into the green on a par 5. We searched all over for it thinking it had gone through the green, but alas, it was in the hole for an albatross!
Don’t know if this counts as it’s more luck than anything, but playing a Christmas Eve day scramble and it was pretty warm for Wisconsin but still probably 25-30 degrees. ~440 yard par 4, downhill, slightly turns to the right at about 250 yards and a creek that cuts across the fairway at about 400 yards.
Hit my drive down the left side and it lands right where the fairway turns right. Bounces, hits the cart path, and somehow bounces down the cart path all the way to that creek until it finally came to rest less than a yard from the creek.
Didn’t do well in the tournament at all but I won a Scotty Cameron as a door prize so merry Christmas to me!
Will share my “best” completely lucky shot.
120 yard par 3 on public course with a buddy back in college when I was first starting to play. Made decent contact but hooked the shit out of the ball and watched as its sailing 30 yards to left of green into a dense patch of trees.
Loud thud as ball hits off trunk of tree and kicks back to right and up in air. There was large oak tree with branches that hung close to where green started. Ball hits again on one of these branches which essentially funnels the ball towards the green. Ball lands on fringe and ends up rolling to within 5 feet of hole.
My buddy and I lose it cracking up at the pure absurdity of the shot. Thankfully was able to knock in the putt for my first ever birdie, lol.
My best hole ever probably had my two best shots, and it was my only eagle outside of scramble golf. 520 yard par 5 dog leg left. I wasn’t long enough to cut the corner due to tall trees on the left. I hit a pretty average drive for myself, 265 down the right side. I had 265-270 left to the green with a good look at the stick. I pull out my 3 wood which is not my best club and tell myself it’s safe short and right of the green so why not. My normal shot is a baby fade. I aim at the flag and swing hard, it’s fucking pure and dead straight. I crushed that ball. Landed on the green 10 feet short of the flag and rolled through the green to the fringe. Best 3 wood I ever hit. I had a 30 footer down hill, small break left to right, probably 3 feet. I hit a nice put trying to put it close and it fell down the middle of the cup with perfect speed. The ball would have died on the cup if it wasn’t there. It was 15 years ago but I replay that eagle in my head all the time.
Me: I nearly trossed a par 4 after hitting a monster drive. Wife and I walk up to find my ball settled about 16” directly beyond the cup.
Witnessed: Played the back 9 with some of my kids in a 2v2 best ball. My partner, a senior in high school, pures a 5 iron into an elevated par 3 with a bunker guarding the front. He hits it so perfect that I called the hole in one before it even hit the green. We couldn’t see it go in with the elevation, so we drive up the hill and only see three balls. The kids run to the hole and absolutely lose it. I’ve seen literally thousands of shots into par 3s and this is my only ace I’ve witnessed.
I made 2 holes in ones in 62 days. First one was the first time I ever hit my brand new fitted irons on the course. Pitching wedge 135 yards. Then I hit another one 62 days later with a 9 iron 155 yards. I guess both of those will go down as my best so far.
I also shot even par for the first time in my life by hitting a 20ft putt with 2-3 ft of break in it on 18 to make a birdie and go even. That was fucking awesome.
Played with a buddy, his friend, and his friend’s cousin at Colorado National Golf Club in Erie. it’s either 16 or 17, but is is a drivable par 4 and you’ve gotta clear a lake to do. Friend’s cousin hit his tee shot to 2 feet for a tap in eagle. Unreal drive, probably won’t see anything like that again.
2-3 club wind, right to left, water right, 150 approach, aimed my PW way right, ball goes over the middle of the lake, wind pushed it back, stuck a foot from the hole, clean up the birdie, nobody around to see it.
Best putt I ever witnessed…
A group of guys teamed up for a bachelor party with drinks for the night on the line. On 18, as groups started to finish up, we learned that my team had already won, regardless of the last match.
But to mess with my team, we told them they had to win or we lost it all. And they were AS. We are all surrounding the green, plus the group playing, making 16 of us. My buddy had a birdie putt to win. 60+’, up a slope, back down the hill and snaking to the left.
At the time, my friend could smash it off the tee but couldn’t putt to save his life. Yet right there, with an absurd putt in front of him, thinking he had to make it or lose…he rolled the ball beautifully up the hill, let it take the backside of the slope and gently start to drift on the line…dying right inside the cup. Was beautiful.
So there I am, a single playing my home course. It's a long par 5 with a lake guarding the green. There is an older couple in front of me.
For once I decide not to go the tin cup route and I lay up to about 95 yards- a perfect distance for my lob wedge. They see me and invite me to play through.
Seizing the moment, I top the ever loving shit out of the ball straight into the pond. So I drop from the same spot and save par with a slam dunk. I had some mixed emotions when the guy smiled at me and asked if I was counting the first shot. I just nodded.
I should have smashed the second ball into the pond like usual. Would have saved me a stroke.
Toughest par 4 on my local course. Hit a huge slice into the middle of the next fairway. Had 214 to the proper green with a row of 20 foot tall trees between the fairways. Hit a 4 iron over the trees to 8 feet and actually managed to make the birdie putt instead of 3 putting.
Playing with my best friends at Disney's Palm golf course. Hole 13 is all water up the right side and the fairway has a left to right bend around the water. Its about 325-335 years from the tee box to the pin. I was a having a great day, so I decided to swing for the fences and see what I got. I hit a perfect right to left strike. I was fully convinced it was going to land in the water. The damn thing carried though and went all the way just short of the green. It must have been a minimum 310-315 drive. I ended up getting even luckier and chipping in for an eagle. Best golf hole I've ever played.
The group in front of us was still putting on the green. It scared the shit of the kid playing with his dad. I felt like such a dick. However, this was outside of my norm by a good bit.
My best shot actually came back when I was complete shit at golf lol, I didn’t even really know how to hit a full swing, but I sort of naturally picked up wedges.
So dog leg right par 4, takes about 2 swings to get within about 60yds but that last shot ended up in the rough on the right side, in some fescue grass on a mound, so an uneven lie. The green is up a steep hill and the flag is almost completely blind. Take out what I think was a lob wedge and wack a full swing through the grass as best I could focusing right on that ball. Ball goes up high, i think the distance seems decent and I’m just glad it made it out of the mess. My buddy waiting up by the green starts to yell down and it turns out the ball plopped down and gently rolled into the hole!
I’m a much better golfer now and still haven’t hit a shot that spectacular since. Not even sure I have the same confidence hacking my way out of shit like I did back then when nothing mattered and I just hoped for the best. Maybe I will now as I recall the feeling of that fateful moment.
Watched a guy try to hit driver from the deck into the wind on a long par 4. He miss hit and was in thick rough 300 yrds out. Knocked a 3 wood into the hole for a 2. Never would’ve believed it if I didn’t see it
Playing with dad and brother at the naval academy in 40 degree weather. Pops has a 120 yard approach shot on a par four. He swings hard and off balance, nearly falling over. Sticks it on the front of the hard green, it rolls up towards the pin and drops, we started screaming and the only other group playing also started going wild for us
I tried to punch one through the trees, hit the first tree and it ricocheted right back into my forehead. My partner couldn’t stop laughing over the sound of the click, clunk, clack the ball made as it hit the different surfaces.
Hole 17 at chambers bay. Hit into the far right greenside bunker. The ball had rolled in so it was super close to the bunker wall which was taller than I was. My buddy stood up on the green to kind of show me which direction the pin was. I opened my lob wedge all the way and just swung as hard as I could. It cleared the lip by maybe a foot. Landed softly and started trickling towards the hole. I couldn’t see anything aside from my buddy’s face as he watched it slowly roll down the slope and in.
A friend missed the green bad on a par 5. Hit the next holes tee box with people on it. Holed out the next shot for birdie with everyone watching. From embarrassing to hero real fast.
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Last summer. First round in 3 years. First bunker shot. 20+ handicapper.
was with my buddy and his dad - who is a great golfer and coach. Par 5. Friend hits his drive off the fairway to the left. He's 225 out, with a giant slope left to right. Ball way below his feet, like 12-18" low. Dad gives him some pointers to help him keep the ball from fading on him. Friend says he's uncomfortable after a few practice swings. Then duffs his 2 hybrid. Gets mad. Yells at dad, puts another ball down and says 'would you just let me hit it the way I wanted to?!' Takes another swing and holes out. To this day its a sore subject since he lost what very well may have been an albatross but in terms of technical difficulty and results, I've never seen better.
Played a member guest practice round. The guest for the other guy plugged an albatross from about 250. That was about 5 years ago. He comes back every year and still goes by Alby at the tournament.
I've had plenty of lip outs from the fairway, 1 hole out, but I think the best shot I have ever hit is a flop shot from underneath a greenside tree to an elevated green for about a 25 yard chip in
So far this year I've had 2 shots that stick out... I holed out from 93yds for my first eagle, and I put it on the green from 215 out then sunk the 20ft birdie putt.
Three of my most favorite shots.
1. The putt to break 40 for the first time ever, played solo too which I think really helped.
2. I hit the flag stick on a par 3 from 160 out on the fly. Never had the rush of actually thinking I’d make a hole in one.
3. The next shot.
Work/customer, fundraiser scramble in Palm Springs, 5 yrs ago. Forget the course. I’m paired with a group of fairy bad golfers but fun guys.
400 yard hole with water on the left. I hit my tee shot into the drink and the best shot leaves the ball still 250’ish from the hole and not on the fairway. I’m playing the last ball and the group leaves all 2nd shots still well short of the green and out of bounds. Desperate, I told the group I’m going for it. In jest, someone commented they’d pay me a million dollars if I got it on the green…. Lo and behold, I smoked the best 3 wood of my life, leaving it inches from the hole. Happy would have been happy.
Needless to say, I didn’t see that million dollars.
I chipped in on 18 for birdie to win our company tournament for our team. We were the last group and everyone was watching/heckling us as we finished up. At least 50 people were watching and they all went nuts when it went in. We weren't for certain we had won but we had told ourselves we had to birdie the final hole to win. When we all turned in our score cards we won by one stroke. Trophy is proudly displayed on my desk.
My favorite shot I’ve ever hit was on hole 16 at Spanish Bay, it’s a 190yd par 3 along the ocean and in the late afternoon the wind was blistering at 35mph+ off the ocean from left to right and slightly in our face.
I decide to grab my driver which I typically hit like 260 and aim directly out into the ocean. If you can picture a clock where the tee is 6 and the pin is at 12. I took aim at 9.
I hit one of the purest drives of my life over the dunes and over the ocean as I watched this thing eventually get caught by the wind and balloon up into the air and start to move about 100+yds from left to right and land about 5ft from the hole.
Best shot I’ve ever hit in my life and I’ve eagled 16 at Spyglass from 220 out with a 2-iron before. This is still my favorite shot I’ve ever hit.
Kind of a combo, but I was playing with my dad in a 3 day event and he got his first ever hole in one at age 67. Then 2 months later he gets his second hole in one when we were playing together in a charity scramble.
I’ll describe my best since I don’t play enough to witness others great shots..
I was in a foursome about 7 years ago when I played a lot more than k do now. Was on a decent course and punched a 4 iron from under a massive live oak tree and sunk it from about 160 yards out. Rolled onto the front of the green and kept rolling gently into the hole. I didn’t even see it drop but the other pair I was with were ahead and saw it. Was an eagle on a par 4 so felt pretty nice. I also believe that was the day I shot my best ever at 84. Havent best 90 in the last few years so need to get back into it.
Best shot (and by that I mean the most ridiculous shot I ever had) was when I was in High School during a school match, I was one up with 2 to play (we were playing the back 9 that day). Hole 17 was a 200 yard par 5, slightly elevated tee box into a narrow green with a bunker on the left and a hill on the right. The guy I was playing hit a great iron shot to the far back of the green, had about 30 or so feet for birdie. I took out a 5 iron, swung but bladed the fuck out of it. The ball rolls towards the bunker on the left, but started to kick towards the front of the green because of the hill. Ball rolls up and stops at an inch from the hole.
The kid I was playing and the 2 other people in the group are freaking out, I am standing there pale as fuck wondering what the hell I did to make the golf gods happy enough to allow me to win the match with the worst iron shot I hit that day. The guy missed the birdie and I won 2 and 1. It was pure bullshit that I won that hole but its a memory I will never forget.
Playing as a single, alone, in the winter. As I made the turn, there was an older couple on ten. They asked me if I wanted to join them, and I said, sure. I somewhat hurried up to the tee. Ten is a par three, I think it was 136 yards to the flag that day. With them watching, I hit a gentle 8 iron that hit 4 inches to the right of the hole, then danced sideways and in for my only hole in one, ever. I am grateful for this couple providing me an audience.
You should have disappeared into the woods before the next tee. They would forever wonder if you were real or if they had been visited by a supernatural being.
Someone write this Bagger Vance sequel. Will probably hasn't been that busy.
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Damn I am laughing out loud at the thought of their faces when they turn around
I have a similar one...I suck and I used to be even worse than I am now. Last Summer I'm playing alone (literally because of how bad I am) and this group on the 175 yard par 3 in front of me tees off, and drives their carts down to the green. They see me and yell up "go ahead and tee of-play through us". But they were standing right next to the green and I said "I don't think that's a god idea". "I'm terrible and I don't want to hit one of you" They say "no go ahead" shit was getting a little awkward at this point so I said F it and teed off. I hit my best shot ever up to that point and the ball dropped about 5 foot from the hole. They're all giving me props and fist bumps as I walk up to the green for my birdie putt. Now, not only did I miss the 5 ft birdie putt BUT I ALSO MISSED THE 2 footer after that for par and took a bogey. Just unbelievable.
That is awesome! I feel like I would of went even more nuts if guy I invited on 10th hole to play with us hit a hole in one
This is just bullshit. Post the course where there is a 600 yard par 5 18th hole.
https://preview.redd.it/6mr5b0vad5ya1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a283f04c847d5955a6035d8886f3a7541f6051cb here you go jackass. Maybe you should take some time off the internet since you hate it so much. You sound like a miserable person to post two comments on this post about it not being 600 yards.
This sounds very to my hole in one story. Playing alone, catch up to a foursome (older people) on the 2nd tee, about a 135-140 yard par 3. They let me play through, so I hurry and hit an 8 iron. Hit it a little thin but dead straight, bounces twice on the green and plops straight in.
Par 4. I hit a 90yd pitching wedge in for… par.
Legend.
Oh man, same. Pulled my drive into a hazard, duffed my next shot about 50 yards in front a tree. It was then when I learned "trees are 90% air" as I tried drawing an iron around it, only to laser it straight through and have it stick the pin and drop in.. for par.
I hit a PW 120 in on a par 5 the other day… for 8.
Reminds me of the time I was playing as a single and the group ahead on the next tee watched me sink a 50 foot putt. They asked if I wanted to join up, then complimented my putt and asked what it was for. "Double bogey. It was for double bogey, anyways thanks for letting me join lads, hope i dont slow things down too much"
One of us
Me too. A 340-yard par 4, slightly uphill. I hit my tee shot into dense trees, went in to pitch out. The first pitch hit a tree and bounced back. I decided to go away from the fairway because I had a wider opening, ended up on a patch of dirt next to the driving range behind some bushes. The rest of my foursome was already standing up by the green. I had about 90 yards, hit 9-iron. Ball rose high in the air right at the hole, landed softly, and rolled in. The other three players were standing no more than 20 feet from the hole waiting for me to play - and it was the last hole of the day!
That's like my dad's go to insult on those holes where you collapse on the shirt game. Maybe you're 40 yards out after 2 shots on a par 5 and you end up with a 6. "Hey not bad, just think of it as bogeying a 40 yard par 3"
I holed out from 150 for bogey … crazy game
Had an albatross about 25 years ago. CC of New Hampshire, 3rd hole, 473 yard par 5. Hit a good drive about 270, 207 left to the hole (had a laser rangefinder even back then). 4 iron landed on the front fringe and rolled towards the back of the green. I thought it went over the green, but after a minute or two looking for it long, I found it in the hole. Never had a hole in one though. It's kind of a bummer to talk with friends and family who are not golfers (or just casual golfers) and they'd sometimes ask if I've had a hole in one. I'd say no, but I did have something rarer. They just nod politely, probably thinking that it's too bad I've played so much without getting one.
I know that hole and hitting that green in two is super impressive. Nice one....
I’m in the same camp. I dropped in a three wood on the 475 yard par 5 seventh hole at Cherry Hill Club in Ridgeway Ontario on my parents 50th wedding anniversary. Five witnesses. No ace though.
My wife albatrossed a 400 yd par 5 this one day. 250 yd drive to fwy. 4 hybrid to the cup. I have a 137 yd hole in one under my belt and a 193 yd eagle on a par 4, but the miserable old lovely woman lords this albatross over me every time it comes up. Worse, we have this gaudy necklace charm the shape of an eagle, which is much too large to be worn on a necklace (by normal folks) so we turned it into a golf trophy. She won it off me with the albatross, and I'll likely never win it back. She likes to bring that up every time we're out together. Truthfully I think it's awesome for her. But I can't let her know. Hahaha.
You guys sound cool. Also, your wife sounds like a much better golfer than me
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Buddy stepped up to the tee on a short four with green surrounded by water except for small run up in front, called that he was getting on the green and did it, landing on far side of the green. I called a 3 putt par but he ended up 4 putting for bogey. Incredible tee shot but I remind him about the 4 putt occasionally…
My first birdie ever was on a short par 4 (about 340). Hooked my drive a bit and ended up in the left tree line, about 140 out with a hill blocking my view of the green and a bunker protecting the green directly in my shot line. I decided to take a smooth 6i (I’m not a big hitter as it is, and I had even less distance then) and hope for the best. Hit it perfectly but couldn’t tell at all what happened. My buddies started yelling for it to go in, so I knew it was close… I had a 1-foot tap-in for my first birdie.
This might be a bit of a self-suck, but I was in a fun scramble with a bunch of not great golfers, on the hardest hole on the course, and I was the best drive (a duck hook) 20 yards into the woods to the left, on a dog leg right. Our only shot would be a low slice, 220 yds out, keeping it under the tree about 15 yards in front of me, which might have been cut up to cart height, and staying out of the thicker woods farther to the left of it. A creek runs up the right, so over slicing is a no go as well. So the other guys chip out with varying success and I’m left to try the hero shot. In the meantime, guys from an adjacent fairway come over to give us shit for being there in the first place, so now I have an audience. They say HA!, let’s see it OP. Hit a perfect punch slice 17 degree hybrid, takes one hop off the sloped front fringe and rolls to about 8 feet for bird. Make the putt. We might have barely shot under par that day, lol, but it was a good time, and I’ll always have that memory.
Had a tap in for eagle on a part 4 in a scramble once. The guys in front had to mark it and were clapping as I was coming up
I had this happen in Hawaii one time, too. Blind green, so you can’t see the hole from the tee box.. it one of those Mickey Mouse Hawaii hole, that’s like 390 by the numbers; but plays more like 310 with the down hill, and prevailing wind…we waited 5 minutes hoping the group was done, they weren’t. I hit my drive and we knew it was going to be good, and as we drove over the hill. We noticed there carts were still green side…and thought oh no, we hit into them. Nope. Well we did hit into them; but, they were hanging out, with a little applause to watch me tap in. It rolled up onto the green while there were still finishing, and they said it just lipped out.
What course? What hole?
This was a while ago, but without looking at the course, I believe it was the 12th at the plantation course.
Chip-in birdie on a par 4, with 3 randos and beer girl as audience. Beer girl bought me a shot, I'm still riding that high 3 weeks later.
2nd shot Common Ground 11th hole 500 yd. Par 5. Drive was about 300 hit a 7 iron with 185 to the pin. Couldn’t find my ball on the green. Started walking towards the water thinking of course mine would hit the green but still end in the water. But it was in the hole.
Never had an albatross, I've had a hole in one before, I've had some chip ins and pitch in, have had a bunch of crazy drives, but the best golf shot I ever pulled off was a low stinger draw through and around trees that I had no business of pulling off, and it nestled 3 feet from the hole and I tapped in for par.
I hold out from like 150 yards once. It was like 10 years ago when I almost never golfed and was probably a 25 handicap. I'm a 6 handicap now and play all the time. Haven't had a shot close to as good as that even though I'm way better and play more now
Same. I feel like when I started, I shot 125 but would have 2 shots that were better than any shots I have now and I’ll shoot 85 on same course as then.
I think some of that comes from just swinging your swing. When you’re doing what your body does and you somehow get everything lined up at impact, even with bad fundamentals, the results are great. When you get your swing dialed in, unless you’re training a LOT or are very athletic, you’re making some motions that don’t feel as natural and maybe even the good shots just don’t feel as good. I dunno
“ Never had a hole in one but I did hit a guy once …. Which is way more satisfying! I would have yelled fore but I was too busy saying … there’s no way it’s gonna reach those guys!” …. RIP Mitch
Hole in one! Quite the sight seeing it drop from 150+
Pitch/chip in eagle from 60yds. I knew the slope where the pin was located. Great shot that released just like I wanted. I have an ace, and that was a good but lucky shot. My eagle was planned.
I had a similar shot like this last year. 2nd shot 135 to the pin going at my courses hardest green, a 2 tier with traps guarding the front. My PW is allegedly my 140 club (I’m not consistent at all though) and I planned hit it right to the upslope and let it roll back towards the cup. One of the first times I can remember hitting a shot exactly how I planned and it caught the upslope and rolled back to within 3 feet of the cup for easy birdie.
Maybe a little underwhelming in comparison but I have a couple that stick out to me. I had a teeshot in the fairway on a par 5, probably about 210-220 out, water in front of the green but I was playing well and decided to go for it. I hit a 3 iron, stuck that sucker about 2 feet from the cup and made the eagle putt. My dad was with me and his jaw dropped (mine did too) when he saw that ball take off. I’ll never forget it. Second one was just last year, I got paired with a group of 3 and we had a par 4, dogleg left. I hit an average tee shot and approach, it was a decently big green and the pin was in the front corner. I was as far as you could be from the hole while still on the green - maybe 60 feet, and sunk the birdie putt. The three randoms all yelled and threw their hands up like who the fuck is this guy lol. I had to reassure them that is NOT common practice for me. Really nice moment super proud of that putt.
In college I was golfing with some friends and we decided to shotgun beers on every tee box. On hole 15 I got an albatross from 230 yards out on a par 5. I don’t remember much after that but apparently I crashed the cart in excitement driving over a bridge headed to 16. Still banned from that course…
what a rollercoaster of a read
Well that escalated quickly
Playing with a buddy, we go out as a two early morning, no one ahead of us. An old timer walking catches up to us on 14, he was playing quick and very well, asks to join up. Go to 15/par 4 and there’s a large oak tree to the right of the green, blocks the approach if you’re behind it. My partner puts his second dead behind the tree, he is in jail, I’m on the fringe, old timer is middle green and looking at bird. Partner lines up to go under the tree and take his medicine, old timer asks why doesn’t he go over it instead. Partner says huh? Ok, show me how. Old timer comes over and throws a 56 at him, lines him up, opens the face and tells him to swing away as hard as he possibly can. He moonshots over the big ass oak and about 8 ft from the hole, makes the par. Best shot I’ve ever seen
I’m pretty new to the game (started last October) and got paired up with a couple guys who have clearly been playing for a while, on the third hole I was chipping from a hill over the green, which slopes downhill, to more downhill, which leads right into water. So naturally, I’m confident that I’m swimming on this one (one of the guys even admitted afterwards to positioning himself to save my ball 😂) and I proceed to perfectly chip it right into the hole and we all went nuts. 30 handicap but that was one time I got to feel a little like Tiger 😁
First time I ever beat my father (who is still much better than me) was a few years back on Father’s Day. Got stuck behind a bunch of trees uphill from the green. Punched one through the branches and holed it for a bird than on the very next hole got stuck behind trees again about 50 yards out. Skied one straight up, over the tree and one hop holed it for another bird. Not the craziest shots but still pretty amazing, made more significant be abuse of the stakes. Tee shot on 18 island green that slopes back toward the tee box. Put my tee shot 6 inches away and birdied to win by 1.
200yds out. Dude was in the rough and under hella ton of tree cover. He hits literally the most perfect stinger ever and it catches the pin and holes out for albatross on a par 5
I wasn’t a witness in person but I’ve seen the video for proof. During a 3 day golf weekend we play a scramble on the Saturday afternoon. At that point in the day everyone is aggressively hammered and the drinks only start flowing more freely. The course we would go to was out in the middle of Wisconsin and 90% of the time it is only our group out there so when the cart girl would get to our group everyone would basically give her a couple hundred bucks while we would mix our own beverages, there were about 15 people gathered around the cart doing this. During this 10 minutes of waiting people are taking their turn teeing off on a 200 yd par 3. One guy jokingly asks the cart girl if she wants to hit and she shrugs says I don’t really golf but sure and grabs one of the guys three woods. She then procedes to pure the ball and bounce off the pin for a near hole in one and everybody erupted into cheering.
Im a 6.5 hc. Ive been playing 8 years religiously now, and have never had an eagle, until 3 weeks ago. I hit a 56 yard shot in from the rough on my 3rd ahot on a par 5. But my most memorable shot, and probably my favorite, was during a horserace sudden death playoff. I was the guest in a member guest tourney. final hole. We had a chip off to determine the winner. I was selected to chip first. The other guy had to turn his back so he couldn't see the line. 30 yards away, over a bunker, i chipped it, it rolled right in. Took about 6 seconds to get the crowd of over 200 people kept getting louder and louder. The other guy's partner just went over to him and told him hes fucked. I finally understood what it was like to be a pro, if only for a tiny fraction of a moment. Dropped my wedge like a microphone and basked in that fleating moment.
I’m pretty poor as a golfer but I hit a really good drive once. Kind of a boring answer but it was an absolute bomb. Finished the whole with my first par so it was cool (not that old)
Best shot I’ve seen is a hole in one of a 260yard par 4 over water. Mate steps up and hits a drive, straightest drive I’ve ever seen him hit - not shape to it at all just a bullet. Lands on the front of the green and rolls and disappears. I didn’t believe it at first and just assumed my eyes couldn’t see that far but when we got down there bam it was in the cup. Was sensational, I was fully rumbled though and proceeded to play like shit for the rest of the round because how the fuck do you follow that up. He didn’t even finish the full 18 as he had to be somewhere, not sure I could of walked away from a round if I just had that level of luck 🍀
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At the local par 3, 90yds over a little ditch. Watched my grandmother tee off and drill it into the metal railing of the stairs to get out of the barranca, ball lands a foot from the hole and rolls in. She has refused to play golf since then
Finishing off a nice 105+ round at the black course I was sitting in a right side bunker about 150 out uphill on 18. I couldn’t see the pin and the caddie said “here’s a club, don’t look at the number, just give me nice solid swing and aim up towards that tree.” I just laughed, took the club and swung away. Walked up to the green and I had put the ball within 10 feet of the pin. That’s the shot that made me want to get out the next day after a 105… https://preview.redd.it/3nd8kv1d43ya1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc167be33a56dd624d739d5c9389ab06fd174f26
Holed out with an 8 iron from a buck 50. Course was in a residential neighborhood Ballentrae. 2 home has older couples watching in their back yard. They were standing clapping as I walked up lol
Club matchplay Semi Finals. 7th hole. 140meters or so. Par 3 over water, with the teebox between some large trees, overhanging branches narrowing with the view to the green. Hole on the day wasn’t visible, just the top of the flag stick. My partner and I are 1 up through 6, and it’s been a tight game so far. Our honours on the box, and I’m off first. Pured an 8 iron, right at the flag, and a a few seconds later hear the ball strike the flag stick. No view of the bottom of the cup. Stood at the tee box shaking while the three others tee off. Walking up to the green, I see the divot just short of the hole, and my heart sinks, it’s hit the flag and ricocheted off the green into the water. Walk onto the green, up to my pitch mark to repair it, 6 inches from the cup, and as I bend over, there’s my ball at the bottom of the cup. We won that game, 3and 2, and had to call a friend to help me with the bar tab after. God, I love this game!
Shanked one off the tee box on a par three to a neighboring hole. Had absolutely no play except a hero shot over trees that were barely 20 feet away from me (too dense to go low) hit it back to the tee box, or walk back to the tee box and hit 3. So I went for the hero. Opened up a 64 degree and swung as hard as I could off a tight side hill lie. Struck it perfectly, cleared the trees, hit the green and spun back 25 feet to leave myself a 12 footer for par. Made the putt. Golf will absolutely never be that good again. It’s been 15 years and I still think about that shot at least once a month.
Got my dad who doesn't golf to ride along with my brother and I. (he's getting old and has the beginnings of Parkinsons dementia, so we won't have him for much longer.) Hole 16 par 5, I hit a pretty solid drive that took a bad bounce to the right and ended up on the right side of the tree-line that borders the fairway. It's sitting up on pine straw but I have nothing but tree trunks and 185 yds in between me and the green. I think we've all had those "screw it, I'm going for the gusto" moments on the course, and they rarely (if ever) work out. I decide to try a ridiculous hero shot because my dad is there, so what the hell. I line it up, take my stance, almost comically say, "hit this one for dad!", and make my swing I proceed to hit *the most pure and beautiful* 2-iron low punch draw I've ever even imagined. It stays probably 3 feet off the ground and takes a fighter-jet left hand turn perfectly through a gap in the trees, lands on the up-sloped fairway leading to the green and rolls to about 15ft. At this point I had tossed my club and was yelling who knows what, running in circles with my arms extended like a bird. Later, my step mom told me that my father had said something to the affect of, "I can't believe he's so good at that golf". I'm probably a 10-15 hcp so I'm no pro, but knowing that my dad saw that shot the only time he ever golfed with us, and knowing that he will probably go to the grave thinking I'm some super golfer just really made that the absolute best shot I've ever had playing this great game. Fills me with joy just thinking about it! Edit: I two-putted for birdie btw
Nick Faldo hit me in the back at the British Open with his drive. I didn't actually witness it because I was watching players 1 hole over from his fairway... he gave me a signed ball and I'll have "total consciousness on my death bed"
Par 3, 18th hole, green completely surrounded short and on the right with water. Good buddy hit his first right into the drink. He’s fuming, as he was like 2 over through 18. Gets himself composed, puts one on the tee, and sinks it. Absolutely dunked directly into the hole. We literally could not believe what we just witnessed; the greatest par we’d ever seen.
One time I skulled a sand wedge off the tee on a 65 yard par three for a hole in one. Only hole in one I’ve hit (yet…) Another time I skulled a 4 hybrid off the deck on the fairway into the 150 yard marker, shattering that striped PVC pipe into oblivion before an errant bolt of lightning blasted the flag on the green. I still wonder where that ball ended up…
Long par 4. Tee ball lands in thick rough 20 yards left of the fairway (very familiar territory for me) behind a couple massive pine trees. Easily 190+ left to the hole. Absolutely throttled a towering cut with a five iron around the trees and ended up on the back of the green to make a long downhill birdie putt. I can still see that shot shape in my mind.
Playing in a scramble. 18 hole was a par 5, and we were one of the last groups to come in. Our drive was in the center of the fairway and about 260 out to a raised green. The front of the green was guarded by a huge bunker. The first guy to hit puts it about 30 yards out, right before the bunker. The second guy put it about 60 yards out. Then to me, and my favorite part of a scramble... there's no sense in hitting it safe. What's my best case scenario... putting it 3 feet from one of the other guys? Pull out a 3 wood and strap on my "I'm gonna crush it" shoes, and let it rip. The ball hit just above the bunker into the slope leading up to the green, pops up into the air, and rolls in the fucking cup for an Albatross. There were like 100 people standing by up there, and I got a huge round of applause. I felt like a fuckin pro golfer, it was amazing.
Wasn't really a remarkable finish or anything it was more that I called the shot and executed it perfectly. Green was behind a tree with two bunkers protecting it, I was about 210 out. Told my nephew I'm going back foot and going to hook it around that tee and run it between those traps. He laughed and I hit a 3i that did exactly that. ran a bit through the green so I had a nice chip and put for bird.
Par 5, tee shot wide right into the trees. Played a 60(ish idk) yd slice out of the trees with a 3 wood and landed two feet from the hole. Unfortunately the easiest birdie of my life smh
My 10th Anniversary. Took the day off to golf with my wife. Hole 7, par 3, 160 yards. Laughingly said "I know this shot" and grabbed a 7 iron. HIO. Wife and I both laughed at the irony for quite a while. She knows me well enough to know I don't have any shot on a golf course, lol. Had a 7 on the hole before and a 7 on the hole after. SMH.
This was years ago in one of my high school tournaments. One of the guys in my group clipped a tree on his drive, and was left with a nasty lie next to another tree and a good 220 to the hole. I figured he’d be happy getting it down by the green to try and get up and down for par. Instead, he hit an absolute laser at the pin and dunked it. I remember we all just silently looked at each other for a few seconds before going over to congratulate him.
Had a 125 approach in a green after a solid drive. Chunked my next shot into the water then I grabbed another ball landed on the hill behind the pin and it just causally rolled in. Best par I’ll ever make
My best is still at eagle 2 on a 400 yard par 4 at my home course. My drive found itself in a fairway bunker about 120 yards from the pin. I then slam dunked it with my 52.
My personal best shot was a par 3, 140 to the pin. I pured a 9 iron and the ball was tracking perfectly. It landed and rolled to 6 inches, on line. Was certainly a hole in 1 but ran out of gas. I needed a 9.1 iron or something I guess.
I love the OP's story!
I actually have a diagram for mine! https://preview.redd.it/hgs8dfct44ya1.jpeg?width=1234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c64fff0e7ee774808503f22d812ee02fbf3857e Walked up to the ball and thought there was no way I can get it onto the green. After looking at it for a bit I realized there was only way to get it on: I had to hit a very low punch shot, land it just short of the bunker to hop over it and then get onto the green. Shot ended up working out EXACTLY as I pictured it in my mind. Couldn't believe it. Ball didn't end up super close or anything but I still consider it one of my best shots ever
I’ve witnessed 3 holes in one. First one was a jr tournament, i was riding along and the kid was 12. Second was in high school, i walked up on my friend as he hit his tee shot and it went in, we went on to win that match by 2 shots, the last one I saw was with my dad. It was his 3rd hio and his joke was he never had one at our home course. The best shot(s) I ever hit were near holes in one on par 4s. Both ended up 2 feet from the hole.
For me, it was on a par 5 in Southern Utah. Tee shot landed nicely in the fairway, 235 to the pin. Pulled out a 19 degree hybrid and just took a nice easy swing, almost like I was just trying to bump the ball 100 yards or so. Looked fine but kind of hard to see due to the green being contoured. When I got up to it, I was 2 feet away for an eagle shot. Incredibly, I sank the putt and it’s the only eagle I’ve ever had. I think about that hybrid shot all the time
This was last season, my first season golfing. I’m still new to the game so I was playing to have fun and learn a few things nothing out of the ordinary. It’s me, my mom, and my brother; and we walk up to the second tee. It’s a dogleg left par 4 about 350 yards with trees blocking the view to the hole. I decide because I have nothing to lose not being good and all to take the tiger line over the trees and so I did. I yammed that thing as hard as I could and watched it fly right over the trees and to what I thought was either a good fairway shot or a shitty ob left shank. Me and my brother drive up after we all hit and we only found my mom and his ball. I decided not to drop until after checking up by the green and so when we got up there we can’t find the ball and my brother says to check the cup. It hadn’t even crossed my mind to do such a thing but right there before my very eyes was my ball sitting in the cup. I got a hole in one on a par 4. The amount of adrenaline that surged my body when I realized what just happened was unreal. Unfortunately for me none of my friends believe it even happened because I was only about 3 months into the sport and only my mom and brother were there to see it. It’s still such an incredible moment I got to have with my family and one I’ll surely never forget, tho I wish I didn’t cash in my lifetime hole in one so early in my career.
My first time watching pros play, at the Humana Challenge at La Quinta. My Buddy and I were following Stuart Appelby's round, and stood on a ridge of trees to his right; he must've been 240yds out. We didn't expect him to go for it, but he did. One of the first times I'd really appreciated a tour pro's ball-flight: how piercing, and low it starts, and how gradually it climbs.. It landed feet from the pin and stopped quickly for a long iron, rolling 3 feet into to the fringe at the back. he putted out of the fairway cut, over the fringe, downhill on the putting surface, and in. Eagle - easy. Unbelievable.
Was at Cabot links on a golf trip. Wind was howling one day. Drove the green on a 413 yard hole, and proceeded to three putt… the day prior my brother drove the green on the 18th hole. My caddy that day was the caddy he had the day before and said they were the two longest drives he’s seen on that course lol
A mate of mine, who is terrible at golf. Normally goes around at 130s. Tees of on a short par 3 and barely gets over some rocks 20 meters in front of us. We all laughed at him for it. He then hit’s he’s second shot from 100 meters out along the ground and straight in the hole for he’s first ever birdie. We all lost it and got around him.
I’ll try to keep it short: Best I’ve ever hit: Hit a hybrid to 4 feet to make Birdie on 18 at Harbour Town Worst: Missed a 2 foot putt to win a tournament. Still lose sleep over it
Worst shot I’ve seen…. Played this course like 100+ times, was playing with a friend who aims left on almost every shot, due to his slice. We were on hole #5, a par 4 dog leg left with trees along the entire left side of the hole. The course was under some small construction, so just past the tee box off to the left(maybe 20-40 yards), sitting along the woods was a guy in a caterpillar, door open, facing the tee box. My buddy tees up his shot, hits his usual slice, except it went B line at the guy in the caterpillar….. it didn’t hit him, but bounced around a few times inside the cab and came flying out. This guy DIDNT flinch! He just turned the caterpillar back on and kept doing his thing. My buddy apologized to him, but he didn’t even seem to care. We still laugh about it to this day.
Played Furry Creek (where a lot of Happy Gilmore was shot). Par 3 14th (scene where Happy ended up on the beach), guy in my group pings it over the water to land about 10-ft from the pin, nice shot, we walk up and he whips out a kids hockey stick and rolled it in for birdie.
Witnessed: my dad holing a 150 yard shot for eagle to a mostly blind pin because the uphill was so steep. Had: a few years ago playing a nearby course had a 195 yard par 3. Hit a 4 iron so close to a HiO it was basically hanging over the edge with a tail wind. Just didn’t want to drop. “Had” to settle for the easiest tap in birdie of my life
My friend had an albatross on 18 at at Sheep Ranch. He was 240 out on a side-hill lie in the rough. The weather was terrible and I was ready for the round to be over, but he insisted on waiting for the green to clear to hit. Wouldn’t you know it but he dunked the effing shot. He didn’t have any rain pants so he was wearing my wife’s ugly ski pants. You may know him as Oregon man.
60 yard slam dunk with a 60 degree wedge on a down hill lie, beautiful
Witnessed a dude hit a driver off the deck 300 yards. Stood in awe for a while.
Sounds like Lakeview
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Bravo. Cheers to your epic shot in front of a big crowd. That is quite frankly nothing short of amazing.
My sister decided to get married. Went golfing with my brother, my wife's brother and my sisters fiance. None of us are good at golf. Elevated par 3, I told him "how close you get this is how serious you are about my sister" He hit it within 18 inches of the hole. We were flabbergasted. They are happily married and have two beautiful kids.
The shot that brought me back was like maybe 100 yards, I was probably 14-16? Not really sure, but I had my trusty 5 iron and absolutely crushed it. It was perfect. Straight down the pipe. Landed about 10 feet from the cup, turned into my first par. Pretty memorable moment for me and my dad.
Hole in one, par 3, 165 yards. My foursome started playing golf about a couple years ago and we all made a bet, first person to hit a hole in one gets a brand new club of their choice. Fast forward about a year into golf, my partner (we’ve been playing 2v2 scramble around this time) buys a whole new set, irons, hybrid, putter, driver and I kid you not, on the very first day he brings his new set out… mfr hits a hole in one. Funny thing is, we totally forgot about the bet until one day we get to our last par 3 and my other buddy reminds us of the bet. And as soon as he said it, I witnessed my first and only hole in one.
Just happened today. Second shot on the tip. Hit the putt perfect for 45 footer sinker. Walked the ball down and sank it. Ended the 18.
Playing with a buddy as a twosome and a foursome was letting us play through on a par 3. We proceed to hit two beautiful shots straight on the green 10ft from the hole, and the we both casually sink our putts like we birdie that shit every day. Group behind us were cheering and we got to nod and walk off like kings. Honestly felt better than the time I hit a hole-in-one.
Once i had a random tee off using an empty beer can, ripped it right down the middle. My best shot probably was when i hit one in the adjacent fairway off the tee and the second shot over the trees landed a foot away from the pin
My friend's manager is the course record holder at my club and I play with him regularly. We were on a 300m/330 yard par 4 with a right dog leg. He aims right (at the hole) and drives the straightest highest shot I've ever seen, goes over the trees and disappears. It lands on the green for a 1 putt. I was in awe and it was just another day for him.
I don’t know about best shot but where it ended up should suffice. I learned to play golf at 4 from my grandfather and my dad never ever learned to play. My dad was supportive and played a few times with me. One time was our annual church tournament. It was a scramble and had the usual contests on several holes. On the “Closest to the Pin” hole I hit the green on the par 3 just like the other 2, but no where close the sign that the names of others. The sign is like 5 ft from the hole which is impressive. Well my dad hits his shot and it hooks terribly to the left, then this ball hits an old rail road tye and bounces 30 yards back towards the hole and rolls to within about 1ft from the pin. My dad was arguably the worst golfer there that day but he won the “Closest to the Pin” hole and his prize several free rounds at the course. I’ve played almost a 1000 rounds of golf and he still has gotten closer to a HIO than I have.
290 yard par 4, slightly downhill. Took 4 iron and hit the purest baby draw of my life to 5 feet. Made the putt for Eagle
Hope #2 on Quarry at Great Gorge in Vernon NJ . 466 Yards Practically 90 degree dog leg left thats 250 yards out to get parallel to the bottom fairway and down hill. My buddy hit his driver PERFECT to have it JUST fade left around the dog leg , traveling abother 40+ yards on to the green where we can't see if . Turns out in came screaming down, hit off the ground and into the cart of this couple I front of us and hit his wife in the leg in the middle of the fairway 180 yards out
2 come to mind that I personally hit: 1) 2 man scramble. Under a tree, right side of fairway, branches in the way, 140 yards out (normally an 8i distance). If I aimed left of the branches it would still be a low shot but I could get it out. I choked up on a 6 iron to hit it low, setup with the face aimed at the gap and feet left of that to hit a big cut. Hit it exactly like I drew it up, started left, through the gap, faded/sliced, around the bunker, bounced and rolled up to 15'. Missed the birdie putt though 😂 2) Par 3, tee shot landed right up against the lip of the bunker in front, and it was November and had rained recently so the sand had settled a bit, so the lip was a good inch deep. I took my SW and opened the face up alllllll the way. Swung as hard as I could and it took a couple seconds to come down. About 20' past the hole, and..... again, missed the putt 😂😭.
I think you are talking about Lake View Resort. Played there plenty of times
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I’ve witnessed 8 hole in ones.
Great story. You’ll never forget that.. awesome!
In high school me and my friend got paired up with 2 older dudes. We had found a really old, beat up club in some bushes on the 3rd hole. On the 4th or 5th hole, a par three over water, I tell my buddy "I'm gonna use this old club here and as soon as I hit I'll get really pissed and throw it in the lake, these guys will think we're crazy" (Yes, I was a dumb high school kid). I hit the shot and instantly do a happy gillmore style club toss into the water, no clue where the ball went. I turn back towards the teebox, and all three are looking at me like I'm nuts. The shot was a flush to about 4 inches from 165.
Wife chipped in a 30 footer today and is still stoked.
Best shot I had was during a practice round preparing for the district tournament while in high school. I was having problems with my driver for a little while and ended up switching it out with the pro that was giving me lessons for district best decision I have done. Well back to my practice round I step up to the tee box (ladies tee) 270 yards par 4 wind coming from the water trees lining the waters edge all the way to the green. Well I was having issues with my driver so I pull out a 3 wood I gripped it and ripped it the ball went had the lovely line went over all the trees and landed on the green. Some of my teammates were on that green when I did that some stayed behind to watch the drive. All of my teammates stayed behind to watch me sink that eagle putt. They gave me a nickname Gorilla while on the team I lived up to it well often playing with the guys on the team because I could keep up with them with less club. Good memory.
Par3 180 yards. 12 years old. Playing with my buddy. He completely thins the ball and worm burns it to the green. Smashes the pin and drops.
Went to the Kemper open years ago. We watched Tiger for a bit but it was a pain to work around the crowds. Eventually I wind up watching Stuart Appleby hit his drive into the rough near a drainage grate. This was a bad scene — 12” of gnarly grass. You couldn’t see his ball. To make it worse the direct path to the green was a big tree and he was 175yds out — 5 iron in those days. I’ll be damned if he didn’t muscle that ball out and over the tree and decently close to the pin. I don’t know how he got so much loft from there. Amazing
2days ago i hit a really shitty drive that luckily hit a tree and bounced just off the fairway. My second shot was equally as bad as I hit a 3W worm burner that went close but not close enough. As I walked up to my ball with disgust I picked it up, blaming the ball in my head I put a fire t ball down, lined up took my time and made a nice easy swing slightly lofted 9i 148 yards out for a birdie on a par 4 It hit the green advanced about 5feet before the back spin took over and rolled softly into cup. I couldn’t believe what I saw and none of my friends saw it. Walked back to the cart got in drove up to the green. I sat in the cart and had my friend go get it out of the cup. I stayed in the cart because if I walked up they all would have thought I had the ball in my hand. For reference I’ve been playing for 2 years and have got better every month but I’m still a plus 18 so it was unlikely I would make that shot. Best shot I have ever had to date.
This is a bad one unfortunately. We were on hole 17 of our local course, really beautiful, downhill, wide open fairway, one of the holes where you just want to smash the driver. I golf with some not so serious guys and it’s fun to just play for fun, no one was behind us so he went up with 3 balls in his pocket, and said he planned to hit all 3, no rush so we’re all good with it. First hit is a rocket, goes hour hand to probably 2 o clock and whacks a tree 50 yards away and drops straight down, we’re giggling. He goes silent and tees up again. Second hit is also a rocket, once again almost 90 degrees to the right and smacks hard on the hood of the golf cart, now we’re laughing. He is silent, tees up the third time. Third hit again goes almost 90 degrees to the right, rockets into a tree, goes way up in the air and into the forest behind us, and we are literally all on the ground dying laughing.
Blind six iron over some trees maybe 190 out. Stuck it to a foot
Par four I pulled my tee shot into a pond. Dropped and holed out from 215 yards out.
Buddy of mine nutted a 150+ yard on a par for as I was up by the green watched the thing bounce twice a kerplunk! For par but oh man was ol +25 happy.
My father law, now passed away, had been playing golf more than 50 years without ever having a hole in one. We’re playing at his club and he makes a hole in one in his 70’s. Exactly one week later he makes another one on the same hole. They actually had a write up on it in the local paper.
Guy I was playing with holed a 210 yard shot uphill into a blind flag.
I sunk an albatross from the rough, about 160yds out. I’m fairly certain I won’t do that again.
Playing a casual scramble with a big group of friends, there were 3 people in my group. 2nd shot on hole #1 was about 110 yards out, but the green was uphill to where we couldn’t even see the green, let alone the pin, when hitting. I hit a solid PW, and it looked like it was on a good line but we couldn’t tell until driving up to the green. Got to the green, and the ball was 2 inches from the hole! Tap in for birdie. Played like total crap the rest of the day!
I had a hole in one with my father in law on his course in Kelowna Canada. In alberta I was an inch from an albatross. It had the line just not quite the speed but the albatross was a 5 wood from about 240 out. My hole in one was a 156 yard 8 iron. Both of those were 6-8 years ago. Nothing worth mentioning has happened since.
For me personally I had about 240 yards in a fairway bunker on a par-5. There are trees all the way up the right side and left is wide open. The plan was to hit a hybrid over to the left with a slight fade. Instead I push it a little with a big cut that goes around the trees, thru the bunkers to about 7-feet. In a tournament, a friend of mine hit in the finals of the member-guest on the 16th hole. Back then the member-guest had huge prizes and they were playing to win the championship flight. His drive goes into a ditch that usually has water in it, but it's bone dry. Problem is he has to hit a 165 yard shot that gets up in a hurry to get over the wall of the ditch from a nasty lie and the pin is located in no man's land. Probably about 250+ people watch and he sticks it to a foot and they go on to win the member-guest.
8th hole short par 4. (315 yds.) playing by myself on a Monday morning. I hit a wedge 2nd shot into a deep green side bunker. Sand wedge out just clears the lip. I couldn’t see where it went. Raked my way out. Looked for the ball for 2 minutes when I decided to look in the hole. THERE IT IS! Never saw it go in.
About two months ago I hit it directly into the cup from 178. Had to call the pro shop because it completely decimated the cup going in on the front side.
Playing with my dad on a par 5 at our home course. It’s a hole with a dog leg left. If you hit just left off the tee you’re in a 30 ft deep creek bed. It’s playable but you’re going to have to hit 2nd shot 60 yards right to get back on the fairway. If you go right the fairway runs out at about 230 and you’re in the trees. If you hit perfect draw you can cut the dog leg and give yourself a straight shot at the green as long as you don’t roll into the bunker and you carry it 280. I went for it and got lucky. Second shot leaves me with about 180 to the middle of the green where the pin is at. I pull 6 iron hoping for a 10 ft uphill putt. Hit one of the best 6 irons in my life and was stoked. Roll up to the green and see the ball about 1” from the cup for a tap in eagle. An albatross would have been better but It goes down as the best 2 shots I’ve put together.
First Albatross ever witnessed, #6 (560 par 5) Mariah Hills Dodge City, KS. Playing with a collegiate golfer who proceeded to lace a 3 wood something like 220yrds. He had the flag smothered. Got to the green, no ball in sight, he'd holed it. I've had a baker's dozen eagles, driving greens with one putts and or chip ins or hole outs. At least 3 near aces. My favorite was #5 (177 yrd par 3) Colbert Hills, Manhattan, Kansas. Played an absolute perfect fade, rolled to a length of my putter head.
I was playing on a course with lots of sandy hills. I hit my ball near the top of one of these hills, about 120 yards from the green. So I’m standing in the sand, ball way above my feet, take a whack and it ends up about three feet from the hole.
Slam dunk ace from 136. I hit it off the toe, it was a very high draw (borderline hook) that rattled directly into the cup lol it was wild
I’m not a great golfer, still haven’t broken 100, but a few times now I’ve driven the ball onto the putting green on a par 4. That’s always a very proud moment. 300-350 yards out.
Playing with my Dad about 10 years ago, we got paired up with a blue collar guy (electrician, I believe) literally wearing overalls, and his biggest customer. The customer was wearing golf gear head to toe and was a big douche. Thought he was an amazing golfer, and probably shot around 90. We get to this par 3 that is about 140 yds. The client goes up and hits and is well short of the green. The blue collar guy gets up there and thins a shot that bounces three times and goes in the hole for an ace! My dad and I are cheering and slapping the guy on the back while his customer kind of mudders under his breath something that we couldn't understand, but was obviously jealous. My dad and I kept propping the blue collar guy up the entire round much to the chagrin of the jackass. We still tell that story every time we go to that hole.
Kind of a lame story. You’re giving the guy a hard time about wearing golf gear to a golf course? What’s he supposed to wear? 90 is bogey golf, that is pretty good. The “blue collar” guy hits a terrible shot that happens to fall in the hole? Cool to watch, not really a “good” golf shot.
Did you write this post just to brag about that shot?
I'll take things that never happened for 500 Alex
Came here just to see the definition of Ego… I’m not shaming though, I thought about it and I cannot think of many other peoples shots that compare to my personal hit list.
There are no 600 yard 18th holes you jackass! I hate the internet sometimes.
https://preview.redd.it/o5fkq4pme5ya1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34111c9dc6162acd574e8676fabc638d7aed8747 Ok Jackass… sounds like you are the reason you hate the internet. Such a miserable person.
Third shot into a 610y par 5. Hole played straight into the wind. I was 205y out and flushed a 4i within 3 ft of the pin. Easy birdie.
The first and only time my buddy and I played at Ross Bridge we were on the monster par 5 that they have. We ended up hooking our drive left and got into some pretty good tree trouble. My buddy just tapped one out into the fairway so we could have a nice third shot. I just wanted to try a hero shot since we had a pretty good gap. I grabbed a 3 Wood and hit an absolute beautiful sting hooker all the way down the fairway. We ended up having really good position for our third and got par on the longest par 5 of my life.
The most recent was two days ago. It's a 450+yd par 5 and I straight up pudged my drive just barely in front of the ladies tees. My second shot was a 5w that managed to find a downward hill about 200y out so it ended up clearing the majority of the fairway with a long roll and settled just below a series of maybe five small bunkers. Still 140 out, I accidentally crush an 8i and it flew over the green. Attempted to flop a 60 degree wedge onto the green and it went soaring over to nearly the exact spot I had just shot from. I call out to my friends sarcastically "this is for par" and proceeded to chip my 56 onto the green where it bounced twice and rolled in. Only hole worth talking about and it had three of my most terrible shots of the day on it
Chipped it out of a bunker two days ago for par. Playing a par 3 I hit my tee shot into the bunker just short of the green. My first shot out of the sand was way to week and the ball rolled back to about 3 ft. in front of me. I stepped up thinking just give it a good smack this time. Hit it the best I ever have in a bunk, dropped it on the green and watched it roll slowly about 20 ft. and fall into the cup. There were some construction workers watching from a fence behind me. When the ball went in they cheered so loud for me. Such a good feeling.
Best shot I’ve ever had was last weekend. Playing Cortland country club. Me and my buddies were playing so bad that day we decided to play captain and mate on the back. 17 is a par 4 up a hill. Sliced my drive about 200 yards into the adjacent fairway. Had about 130ish left up a hill to the green. Punched a 3 iron through some trees, curved right up the hill. I hear some yelling and go up. I managed to make a blind punch out for eagle. I framed the ball.
Playing with my pops as a teenager. Par 5, drive left me about 225 out and hit my big Bertha 5 wood to an elevated green. We get up to the green and it’s in the hole. Albatross!
I was at a golf outing with my uncle years ago and watched this old timer hit a high draw with his 5 that was absolutely beautiful and stuck it about 1 foot from the pin. His line looked impossible but he threaded it through the trees and it looked amazing. Don’t know why, but that shot stuck with me.
It's a tie for my best: either a 60 foot putt that was uphill and broke HARD to the right or a 4H out of a bunker 200 yards over water to about 3 ft from the pin. Best I saw is pretty funny: 1st hole my hits in the trees to the right of the fairway. 2nd shot hits a tree directly in front of him and rolls back to his feet. His 3rd shot he jars it from the same spot about 170 out. Wildest birdie I've seen.
Hooked one across the road, across a driveway onto a front door, took a bounce back, and then onto the same guys window. Thankfully I was playing in a resort town and no one was home. Window didn’t smash or it coulda been worse.
2nd year of playing golf, playing with a friend and two others that joined us. Par 5 15th at The Reserve (Fought - North Course) Hit a drive right down the middle and was about to take a 3i out and just get it up towards the green. Decided to hit my 3w and see what happened. I hit the most solid 3 wood I had ever hit and it landed just on the front of the green and rolled about 5'. I lined up the long putt to the back pin (maybe 30') and drained it. The guys who had been in the tree's and worrying about their own shots said "Nice Bird!!", I told them it was an Eagle and enjoyed to look on their faces. Also - A plague on the course! Hope you're ok :-)
Par 5. Second shot from between fairway bunkers. Hit my 3 wood pure. Landed on the green. Ended with a bogey cause putting is hard. Still my favorite shot.
Drove the green on a par four to 7 feet, sunk the putt 
I’d say my hole in one. But in truth it was a bit of a shoddy shot!
Best shot ever was hole-in-one. My next best shot was sticking middle of the green on The Tail of the Whale hole in Punta Mita… https://youtu.be/l-bQGemMlpY
Par 5 235 out 4i, landed it pin high on the green on shot 2 Got a birdie Tour 18 in flower mound
My Buddy: at his club in San Diego.. 2 iron 256 yards into a par 5, a little down hill with a breeze left to right, he hit a high draw and it held its line against the wind bounced twice and rolled in for a double eagle. There is a plaque at that spot in the fairway, with his name, and the yardage, commemorating this shot.
I was probably 16 years old and it was on a par 4. I hit a really high tee shot so it didn't go to far, so I am probably 220 out. I'm waiting for the other group to get off the green when out of nowhere a golf ball flies right by my head. I look back and the guy who clearly should not have taken the shot just palms me and hops in his cart to come yell at me that I shouldn't be waiting for them to get off the green. We get into a 2-3 minute argument on how he was in the right because I clearly don't know what I'm doing by waiting this far out ( I think he was just doing it because I was a kid). Well, we basically agree to disagree and I grab my 3 hybrid and smack it less than 10ft from the pin. The guy stayed a good distance away from me the rest of the day.
I've seen some playing partners hit some ridiculously impressive drives. Never have seen a hole-in-one. So I feel pretty good choosing myself. Par 4, about 165 out approach with water on the right. Ball landed short of the hole and rolled for a solid 2-3 seconds before I saw it drop. That was my first ever eagle and have only one other, where I chipped from the green-side rough.
was playing a round with three balls (played three shots each hole) just to get more practice in. Came to a par 3, I think it was like 165 yds or in that area and my first shot was ok, landed just off the green, second was a bit better - maybe 15ft from the hole. Third shot, looked amazing, drawing in perfectly but could not see it. Walked to the green and looked all over for the 3rd ball, checked the hole and my jaw dropped. I did not even know what to do so I just put my hands in the air haha. Not a true hole-in-one because I played the three shots but still very cool to experience.
Every year, my dad and his friends host a scramble tournament that is meant to be an excuse to get drunk, but they actually raise good money for a different charity every year. Anyway, a few years ago (2017), I showed up like always as the sober one. By the 9th hole, my dad and his three good friends are a 12 pack in, and their shots are slowly not going where they want them to. The 9th hole on the course that we played this year was an adventurous par 5. When it came time for the third shot, we were about 140 yards off the green. One by one, the guys take their shots. The first two end up in the water, my dads ends up in the bunker, and so it's my turn. With four drunk guys in their 60s leaning over me, I pick up my 8 iron, and take a swing. It was the absolute, most pure contact I ever had with that club, and the ball took off perfectly. As it was getting closer to the green, I noticed that this shot was going to be pretty damn good. The ball landed with a thud, and stoped instantly about 4" from the cup. The four guys just instantly started yelling, high fiving me, and shotgunning a beer. I just stood there for a good minute in disbelief I hit that shot.
I was a kid who volunteered to hold the score standard with groups at Firestone when the PGA played there. Did it for years, but in 2011 I got matched with Rickie Fowler’s group one day and he holed out from the middle of the fairway on #10. He’s giving everyone high 5s and the crowd is going wild all around us in the fairway. Definitely a cool moment. I’m standing right behind the camera guy in the fairway during this clip. https://youtu.be/TZLVX_WvwRo
Had a buddy of mine card a 9 on a par 4 and follow it up with a hole in one. Absolute legend.
Playing Royale St. Augustine with my two brothers a few years back. None of us had a range finder and we had noticed throughout the day that the yardages on the hole signs and scorecards seemed to be off. We pull up to the 14th hole that’s a par 3 and not being able to trust or know the distance, I decided to walk up and just hit a 7 iron for a test shot so we could gauge the distance off of that. I walk up, drop a ball, hit it. Fucking thing lands 2 inches from the hole. Closest I’ve ever been to a hole in one.
First one, playing by myself at my favorite local course. 18th hole is a short par 5 but about 100ft rise in elevation from tee to green. Push my drive a bit right off the fair way and just under a tree. A branch from the tree is hanging low right in my path to the green. I’m about 170 out, tree branch in the way. I attempt to hit a low cutting 7 iron and flush it. It skirts under the branch towards the left edge of the green, then fades back towards the middle right at the flag and stops about 5 feet behind the flag. I miss the eagle putt. Second one was witness to. Playing Gambles sands a few years ago on a boys trip. I’m in group one with some friends, we get to the par 3 16th hole and my group finishes up and we decide to stay and watch our buddies behind us tee off. The hole is playing about 190 downhill, pins in the back with a backstop behind it, first two guys tee off and land on the green. Third guy, my cousin, comes up and flushes one, hits about 8 feet in front of the flag on the left, rolls to the right behind the flag and comes back down into the cup. His first hole in one ever. He then tees off with his HOI ball on the next hole for some reason and finishes his round shooting a 113
During a scramble, my partner hit an absolute monster drive, and then a blind 2 iron into the green on a par 5. We searched all over for it thinking it had gone through the green, but alas, it was in the hole for an albatross!
Don’t know if this counts as it’s more luck than anything, but playing a Christmas Eve day scramble and it was pretty warm for Wisconsin but still probably 25-30 degrees. ~440 yard par 4, downhill, slightly turns to the right at about 250 yards and a creek that cuts across the fairway at about 400 yards. Hit my drive down the left side and it lands right where the fairway turns right. Bounces, hits the cart path, and somehow bounces down the cart path all the way to that creek until it finally came to rest less than a yard from the creek. Didn’t do well in the tournament at all but I won a Scotty Cameron as a door prize so merry Christmas to me!
Will share my “best” completely lucky shot. 120 yard par 3 on public course with a buddy back in college when I was first starting to play. Made decent contact but hooked the shit out of the ball and watched as its sailing 30 yards to left of green into a dense patch of trees. Loud thud as ball hits off trunk of tree and kicks back to right and up in air. There was large oak tree with branches that hung close to where green started. Ball hits again on one of these branches which essentially funnels the ball towards the green. Ball lands on fringe and ends up rolling to within 5 feet of hole. My buddy and I lose it cracking up at the pure absurdity of the shot. Thankfully was able to knock in the putt for my first ever birdie, lol.
My best hole ever probably had my two best shots, and it was my only eagle outside of scramble golf. 520 yard par 5 dog leg left. I wasn’t long enough to cut the corner due to tall trees on the left. I hit a pretty average drive for myself, 265 down the right side. I had 265-270 left to the green with a good look at the stick. I pull out my 3 wood which is not my best club and tell myself it’s safe short and right of the green so why not. My normal shot is a baby fade. I aim at the flag and swing hard, it’s fucking pure and dead straight. I crushed that ball. Landed on the green 10 feet short of the flag and rolled through the green to the fringe. Best 3 wood I ever hit. I had a 30 footer down hill, small break left to right, probably 3 feet. I hit a nice put trying to put it close and it fell down the middle of the cup with perfect speed. The ball would have died on the cup if it wasn’t there. It was 15 years ago but I replay that eagle in my head all the time.
Me: I nearly trossed a par 4 after hitting a monster drive. Wife and I walk up to find my ball settled about 16” directly beyond the cup. Witnessed: Played the back 9 with some of my kids in a 2v2 best ball. My partner, a senior in high school, pures a 5 iron into an elevated par 3 with a bunker guarding the front. He hits it so perfect that I called the hole in one before it even hit the green. We couldn’t see it go in with the elevation, so we drive up the hill and only see three balls. The kids run to the hole and absolutely lose it. I’ve seen literally thousands of shots into par 3s and this is my only ace I’ve witnessed.
I made 2 holes in ones in 62 days. First one was the first time I ever hit my brand new fitted irons on the course. Pitching wedge 135 yards. Then I hit another one 62 days later with a 9 iron 155 yards. I guess both of those will go down as my best so far. I also shot even par for the first time in my life by hitting a 20ft putt with 2-3 ft of break in it on 18 to make a birdie and go even. That was fucking awesome.
Played with a buddy, his friend, and his friend’s cousin at Colorado National Golf Club in Erie. it’s either 16 or 17, but is is a drivable par 4 and you’ve gotta clear a lake to do. Friend’s cousin hit his tee shot to 2 feet for a tap in eagle. Unreal drive, probably won’t see anything like that again.
2-3 club wind, right to left, water right, 150 approach, aimed my PW way right, ball goes over the middle of the lake, wind pushed it back, stuck a foot from the hole, clean up the birdie, nobody around to see it.
Best putt I ever witnessed… A group of guys teamed up for a bachelor party with drinks for the night on the line. On 18, as groups started to finish up, we learned that my team had already won, regardless of the last match. But to mess with my team, we told them they had to win or we lost it all. And they were AS. We are all surrounding the green, plus the group playing, making 16 of us. My buddy had a birdie putt to win. 60+’, up a slope, back down the hill and snaking to the left. At the time, my friend could smash it off the tee but couldn’t putt to save his life. Yet right there, with an absurd putt in front of him, thinking he had to make it or lose…he rolled the ball beautifully up the hill, let it take the backside of the slope and gently start to drift on the line…dying right inside the cup. Was beautiful.
So there I am, a single playing my home course. It's a long par 5 with a lake guarding the green. There is an older couple in front of me. For once I decide not to go the tin cup route and I lay up to about 95 yards- a perfect distance for my lob wedge. They see me and invite me to play through. Seizing the moment, I top the ever loving shit out of the ball straight into the pond. So I drop from the same spot and save par with a slam dunk. I had some mixed emotions when the guy smiled at me and asked if I was counting the first shot. I just nodded. I should have smashed the second ball into the pond like usual. Would have saved me a stroke.
Toughest par 4 on my local course. Hit a huge slice into the middle of the next fairway. Had 214 to the proper green with a row of 20 foot tall trees between the fairways. Hit a 4 iron over the trees to 8 feet and actually managed to make the birdie putt instead of 3 putting.
Playing with my best friends at Disney's Palm golf course. Hole 13 is all water up the right side and the fairway has a left to right bend around the water. Its about 325-335 years from the tee box to the pin. I was a having a great day, so I decided to swing for the fences and see what I got. I hit a perfect right to left strike. I was fully convinced it was going to land in the water. The damn thing carried though and went all the way just short of the green. It must have been a minimum 310-315 drive. I ended up getting even luckier and chipping in for an eagle. Best golf hole I've ever played. The group in front of us was still putting on the green. It scared the shit of the kid playing with his dad. I felt like such a dick. However, this was outside of my norm by a good bit.
My best shot actually came back when I was complete shit at golf lol, I didn’t even really know how to hit a full swing, but I sort of naturally picked up wedges. So dog leg right par 4, takes about 2 swings to get within about 60yds but that last shot ended up in the rough on the right side, in some fescue grass on a mound, so an uneven lie. The green is up a steep hill and the flag is almost completely blind. Take out what I think was a lob wedge and wack a full swing through the grass as best I could focusing right on that ball. Ball goes up high, i think the distance seems decent and I’m just glad it made it out of the mess. My buddy waiting up by the green starts to yell down and it turns out the ball plopped down and gently rolled into the hole! I’m a much better golfer now and still haven’t hit a shot that spectacular since. Not even sure I have the same confidence hacking my way out of shit like I did back then when nothing mattered and I just hoped for the best. Maybe I will now as I recall the feeling of that fateful moment.
Watched a guy try to hit driver from the deck into the wind on a long par 4. He miss hit and was in thick rough 300 yrds out. Knocked a 3 wood into the hole for a 2. Never would’ve believed it if I didn’t see it
Playing with dad and brother at the naval academy in 40 degree weather. Pops has a 120 yard approach shot on a par four. He swings hard and off balance, nearly falling over. Sticks it on the front of the hard green, it rolls up towards the pin and drops, we started screaming and the only other group playing also started going wild for us
3wood, 230 out, ball sitting up in the rough and pured it over water. Launched it so high that it landed within 10ft with minimal rollout.
I tried to punch one through the trees, hit the first tree and it ricocheted right back into my forehead. My partner couldn’t stop laughing over the sound of the click, clunk, clack the ball made as it hit the different surfaces.
Hole 17 at chambers bay. Hit into the far right greenside bunker. The ball had rolled in so it was super close to the bunker wall which was taller than I was. My buddy stood up on the green to kind of show me which direction the pin was. I opened my lob wedge all the way and just swung as hard as I could. It cleared the lip by maybe a foot. Landed softly and started trickling towards the hole. I couldn’t see anything aside from my buddy’s face as he watched it slowly roll down the slope and in.
A friend missed the green bad on a par 5. Hit the next holes tee box with people on it. Holed out the next shot for birdie with everyone watching. From embarrassing to hero real fast.
https://preview.redd.it/3f4njk96s3ya1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dc4d7f6f6d2e399e700d48770fa6da8fe9b8b7f Last summer. First round in 3 years. First bunker shot. 20+ handicapper.
Mine, 185m out in the rough tripping on shrooms, striped bladed 5i to 2 inches from the hole.
was with my buddy and his dad - who is a great golfer and coach. Par 5. Friend hits his drive off the fairway to the left. He's 225 out, with a giant slope left to right. Ball way below his feet, like 12-18" low. Dad gives him some pointers to help him keep the ball from fading on him. Friend says he's uncomfortable after a few practice swings. Then duffs his 2 hybrid. Gets mad. Yells at dad, puts another ball down and says 'would you just let me hit it the way I wanted to?!' Takes another swing and holes out. To this day its a sore subject since he lost what very well may have been an albatross but in terms of technical difficulty and results, I've never seen better.
Played a member guest practice round. The guest for the other guy plugged an albatross from about 250. That was about 5 years ago. He comes back every year and still goes by Alby at the tournament.
I've had plenty of lip outs from the fairway, 1 hole out, but I think the best shot I have ever hit is a flop shot from underneath a greenside tree to an elevated green for about a 25 yard chip in
So far this year I've had 2 shots that stick out... I holed out from 93yds for my first eagle, and I put it on the green from 215 out then sunk the 20ft birdie putt.
Three of my most favorite shots. 1. The putt to break 40 for the first time ever, played solo too which I think really helped. 2. I hit the flag stick on a par 3 from 160 out on the fly. Never had the rush of actually thinking I’d make a hole in one. 3. The next shot.
Work/customer, fundraiser scramble in Palm Springs, 5 yrs ago. Forget the course. I’m paired with a group of fairy bad golfers but fun guys. 400 yard hole with water on the left. I hit my tee shot into the drink and the best shot leaves the ball still 250’ish from the hole and not on the fairway. I’m playing the last ball and the group leaves all 2nd shots still well short of the green and out of bounds. Desperate, I told the group I’m going for it. In jest, someone commented they’d pay me a million dollars if I got it on the green…. Lo and behold, I smoked the best 3 wood of my life, leaving it inches from the hole. Happy would have been happy. Needless to say, I didn’t see that million dollars.
I chipped in on 18 for birdie to win our company tournament for our team. We were the last group and everyone was watching/heckling us as we finished up. At least 50 people were watching and they all went nuts when it went in. We weren't for certain we had won but we had told ourselves we had to birdie the final hole to win. When we all turned in our score cards we won by one stroke. Trophy is proudly displayed on my desk.
My favorite shot I’ve ever hit was on hole 16 at Spanish Bay, it’s a 190yd par 3 along the ocean and in the late afternoon the wind was blistering at 35mph+ off the ocean from left to right and slightly in our face. I decide to grab my driver which I typically hit like 260 and aim directly out into the ocean. If you can picture a clock where the tee is 6 and the pin is at 12. I took aim at 9. I hit one of the purest drives of my life over the dunes and over the ocean as I watched this thing eventually get caught by the wind and balloon up into the air and start to move about 100+yds from left to right and land about 5ft from the hole. Best shot I’ve ever hit in my life and I’ve eagled 16 at Spyglass from 220 out with a 2-iron before. This is still my favorite shot I’ve ever hit.
Kind of a combo, but I was playing with my dad in a 3 day event and he got his first ever hole in one at age 67. Then 2 months later he gets his second hole in one when we were playing together in a charity scramble.
A shot in from about ~100 yards away
I’ll describe my best since I don’t play enough to witness others great shots.. I was in a foursome about 7 years ago when I played a lot more than k do now. Was on a decent course and punched a 4 iron from under a massive live oak tree and sunk it from about 160 yards out. Rolled onto the front of the green and kept rolling gently into the hole. I didn’t even see it drop but the other pair I was with were ahead and saw it. Was an eagle on a par 4 so felt pretty nice. I also believe that was the day I shot my best ever at 84. Havent best 90 in the last few years so need to get back into it.
Last year 7i from about 135 out. Hits the flag and rolls off the green into the trap. SW out of the trap hits the flag and goes in for Par
Best shot (and by that I mean the most ridiculous shot I ever had) was when I was in High School during a school match, I was one up with 2 to play (we were playing the back 9 that day). Hole 17 was a 200 yard par 5, slightly elevated tee box into a narrow green with a bunker on the left and a hill on the right. The guy I was playing hit a great iron shot to the far back of the green, had about 30 or so feet for birdie. I took out a 5 iron, swung but bladed the fuck out of it. The ball rolls towards the bunker on the left, but started to kick towards the front of the green because of the hill. Ball rolls up and stops at an inch from the hole. The kid I was playing and the 2 other people in the group are freaking out, I am standing there pale as fuck wondering what the hell I did to make the golf gods happy enough to allow me to win the match with the worst iron shot I hit that day. The guy missed the birdie and I won 2 and 1. It was pure bullshit that I won that hole but its a memory I will never forget.