Started today with five pars. Not a single bad shot although one 7i drifted far enough right that I wasn't on the green, but I was close enough to use my putter.
Par 5 #6 hit a good tee shot but then pull a hybrid left towards a tree. Now I have 150 to the green, but I'm blocked directly ahead by the tree and there's a limb preventing a high shot. I decide to hook a low running 8i around the tree to see if I can get up close to the green. Minute I hit it I knew it was good, only question was whether in was front, middle or back of green but pin was in the middle so I'm feeling good. My partner says "oh." "What?" "You hit something." Ball stopped five yards from green.
Maybe not the best shot but surely an interesting one. Think about the old Golf Channel show "Big Break" where they had a challenge where they had to hit a shot and break a pane of glass twenty yards away.
Hit my drive into the trees on the third hole. From there I had two choices. Option one was to punch out to the fairway. I could only safely advance the ball 30 yards or so, which would leave me a 7i into a tucked hole location. From there bogey wasn't assured and DB would be in play. I really wanted to get within 100 yards or so that I could have a wedge in and routine bogey.
Option two: 20 yards or so in front of me the tree that was blocking me split into a "Y", probably 10-15 above the ground. Took a 9i and punched it right through the glass window. Left me about 65 yards from the hole, hit a nice wedge to 10 feet. Missed the putt but it ended as a no stress bogey. Never in my +1000 rounds do I remember even trying such a shot.
bkuehn1952.2 wrote: Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:21 am
Shot of the decade: my 10 foot putt on #18, Hudson Mills, that allowed me to shoot my age. Fortunately, I did not know the importance of that putt.
The 10th hole on the Oaks course is a tough par 4, only 355 yards from the white tees but the fairway is narrow with trees and deep rough left and a large bunker right. There’s also a water starting about 50 yards from the green, so it takes a good straight drive to get over in two.
Hit my drive into the bunker. Was tempted to go for it but there was a 1-2 club wind into my face so I decided to lay up. Hit my wedge a little thin but it fortunately stopped just short of the water, 52 yards from the hole. Meanwhile one of my partners laid up and then hit a wedge pretty close - couldn’t tell if it was 4 feet or 1, but it turned out to be 6 inches. Almost waited to have him mark but went ahead and hit. At first I thought I was right at his ball but then I moved inside and then into the hole for birdie.
On the next hole I put the wedge to 3 feet only to miss the putt. So over the last 4 or 5 rounds, only two birdies - one chip in and one from 52 yards.
GBOGEY wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:13 pm
The 10th hole on the Oaks course is a tough par 4, only 355 yards from the white tees but the fairway is narrow with trees and deep rough left and a large bunker right. There’s also a water starting about 50 yards from the green, so it takes a good straight drive to get over in two.
Hit my drive into the bunker. Was tempted to go for it but there was a 1-2 club wind into my face so I decided to lay up. Hit my wedge a little thin but it fortunately stopped just short of the water, 52 yards from the hole. Meanwhile one of my partners laid up and then hit a wedge pretty close - couldn’t tell if it was 4 feet or 1, but it turned out to be 6 inches. Almost waited to have him mark but went ahead and hit. At first I thought I was right at his ball but then I moved inside and then into the hole for birdie.
On the next hole I put the wedge to 3 feet only to miss the putt. So over the last 4 or 5 rounds, only two birdies - one chip in and one from 52 yards.
