Birdie count for 2013.....

First of the year!!

Par 3 13th 140 yards, water down the left & trees down the right, to about 7ft with a downhill/cross-green putt which was celebrated with a fist pump!

I know this is nowt for lots of folk but its been a tough year with a whole new stance & grip and a swing path change thrown in & I haven't mastered any of it yet. Managed to actually hit the pin on Par 3 five holes earlier but that one was three off the tee
 
Only ever made 5 in my life (and a hole in one).

3 this year.

A 3 on the SI 3 par 4 at Staining in the first round of the year and a lovely 4 on a par 5 on Sunday evening in a practice round. SI 4 . I really enjoyed that one.

Only had one in a comp this year. That was a nice classy 3 on a short par 4 at Stanley Park in a society day.
 
JustOne said:
2 in last weeks medal

and 5 today!!! (1 over par on the 17th tee, then MELTED!) :angry:

something wrong with this scorecard as I was 2 under thru 8 holes.... :confused:

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32 thru 17.
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Good stuff mate! :thup:.... Have you seen a shrink yet about the 18th? Do you want to talk about it?.... A problem shared on here.......is a


chance for us all to take the pee!!! :ears:
 
I want to register my incredulity at this topic and the updates within.

When it first started I thought it was drivel of the highest order at best
and banal in the extreme at worst – and yet in mid-June people still going on about their birdies…

I mean really – reality check here –WHO CARES?

We really don’t.

Not How, Not When, Not Where, Not with Whom or What, and most certainly not How Many.

It’s the worst kind of forum ‘chat’ imaginable – absolute self-congratulatory piffle about nowt.
This forum is full of it. Also who also cares how many posts you put up on inane topics.
It’s just not that interesting – really it’s not.

And YOU are 19 pages into this. It must stop.

So I am doing what I should have done at the start of this.
I will try to salvage some kind of purpose to this tedium.

This post should have tried to make your birdie ‘stories’ benefit something other than your ego.

So…

To a charity of your choosing…
£10 per birdie, £25 per eagle.
END OF!

£10 to your club captain’s charity for ANY post after this one that
a) Does not agree to the above ruling
b) does not name their charity of choice
c) state how much they are giving

Now I’ll read your stories and wonder at your numbers as charities will benefit.
BRING IT ON !
 
Says the man who wrote about 1000 characters describing his best ever shots....

My Best Shots Ever - top 3

1. 16th at my home course, par 4 475yds SI 1. 2007. Smashed driver down middle into the wind. Left with 200 to go. Green sits on ledge with ground sloping severe left to right if missed so the safe approach is run it in from the left hand side, hope for 2 putts and walk away happy. Discussion with my Dad/caddie regarding shot goes along lines of safe approach. We agree on 4 iron and Dad’s last words are ‘Remember - aim left and run it in’. I take aim and swing and as soon as I hit it I say ‘or I could just hit it straight at the flag’ and it lands 5ft away and stops dead. Finish birdie-par–par to win comp and get my name on the club noticeboard forever!

2. 1st at Royal Lytham and St Annes. Aged 16, (25 years ago now), on first ever golfing trip away with my Dad. There’s a new concept to me of a Starter on the tee and he’s looking at me like maybe I am not worthy or should be at school. Stays to watch me tee off – pressure’s on. 5 iron to 10ft and make birdie! My Dad’s never been prouder and thoroughly enjoyed the surprised look on the Starter’s face as my ball sailed towards the pin.

3. 18th at St Andrews. Aged 17. Pulled tee shot down 1st fairway. Wait for those on 1st tee to play then walk over. Look at shot I have left with suddenly no idea what club to hit. No yardages and I have a problem with the dead ground of the valley of sin as I am also known to send balls flying over greens ‘still raising as they go over the flag’. I now noticed my Mum and several tourists leaning against the back fence watching. My Dad’s too far away to ask ‘Is an 8 going to be OK?’ without shouting it and looking like an idiot. 8 iron selected and struck perfectly but I still remember the feeling of all my internal organs dropping as I watched the ball and wondered whether I would have to shout ‘FORE’ and send the assembled masses scrambling for cover. Relief as the ball lands between flag and back fence and finishes 15ft away. Even a couple of claps, (and not just from my Mum), as I walk to the green alongside my Dad. Left the birdie putt on the lip but that was fine by me.

and maybe another thread for this but here's my most memorable bad shot...

The 18th at Carnoustie 2008. Doing the ‘Van de Velde’ challenge as you do. 6 to win the Open.
Driver selected of course and away it goes – a massive pull hook left OOB. Hits the tarmac in the car park of the bowls club on that side, (how it missed the cars I’ll never know), and launches itself even higher and further left. Next bounce is now on the road going alongside the course, (nothing coming and no pedestrians), and it just keeps going. Still bouncing as it disappears out of sight down the road – probably ended up on the railway line! Family joke is that it’s still going all the way to Aberdeen! Bagged a 7 and sat with a beer pleading for us to sneak out just play the 18th again – I’ll par it next time!
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:rolleyes:
 
labatudgm said:
I want to register my incredulity at this topic and the updates within.....

Now I’ll read your stories and wonder at your numbers as charities will benefit.
BRING IT ON !
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Don't think I need to re-quote the whole post...

I was ready to put my point across about it being a public forum, all opinions valid etc etc and sure its self congratulatory blah blah...and even how with tongue in cheek I can say for a few short minutes on Saturday I scored as well as the top players in the world! :whistle:

...but JustOne has replied more aptly than I was going to
 
labatudgm said:
I want to register my incredulity at this topic and the updates within.

When it first started I thought it was drivel of the highest order at best
and banal in the extreme at worst – and yet in mid-June people still going on about their birdies…

I mean really – reality check here –WHO CARES?

We really don’t.

Not How, Not When, Not Where, Not with Whom or What, and most certainly not How Many.

It’s the worst kind of forum ‘chat’ imaginable – absolute self-congratulatory piffle about nowt.
This forum is full of it. Also who also cares how many posts you put up on inane topics.
It’s just not that interesting – really it’s not.

And YOU are 19 pages into this. It must stop.

So I am doing what I should have done at the start of this.
I will try to salvage some kind of purpose to this tedium.

This post should have tried to make your birdie ‘stories’ benefit something other than your ego.

So…

To a charity of your choosing…
£10 per birdie, £25 per eagle.
END OF!

£10 to your club captain’s charity for ANY post after this one that
a) Does not agree to the above ruling
b) does not name their charity of choice
c) state how much they are giving

Now I’ll read your stories and wonder at your numbers as charities will benefit.
BRING IT ON !
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Very poor post.

If you dont like banter on a message boeard then dont read it.

Very dissapointed. I thought golfers might have been different. :(
 
labatudgm said:
I want to register my incredulity at this topic and the updates within.
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I've done my usual hunt of the Rules.

Colin L could well correct me (it hasn't been a 'perfectly correct' week for me), but I can't find anything that compels you to read every thread/post!:D

I can understand why it might be necessary to open some threads to find what they are on about, but not this one - it's actually pretty precisely named.

If you want to wean yourself from the compulsion to reading drivel, try reading all Homer's posts. :rofl:If that's too much of a challenge, start with mine!:whistle:
 
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labatudgm said:
I want to register my incredulity at this topic and the updates within.

When it first started I thought it was drivel of the highest order at best
and banal in the extreme at worst – and yet in mid-June people still going on about their birdies…

I mean really – reality check here –WHO CARES? The people that post?

We really don’t. - Speaking for everyone now?

Not How, Not When, Not Where, Not with Whom or What, and most certainly not How Many.

It’s the worst kind of forum ‘chat’ imaginable – absolute self-congratulatory piffle about nowt.
This forum is full of it. Also who also cares how many posts you put up on inane topics.
It’s just not that interesting – really it’s not. - Could I suggest not reading it then?

And YOU are 19 pages into this. It must stop. - Says who?

So I am doing what I should have done at the start of this.
I will try to salvage some kind of purpose to this tedium.

This post should have tried to make your birdie ‘stories’ benefit something other than your ego.

So…

To a charity of your choosing…
£10 per birdie, £25 per eagle.
END OF!

£10 to your club captain’s charity for ANY post after this one that
a) Does not agree to the above ruling
b) does not name their charity of choice
c) state how much they are giving

Now I’ll read your stories and wonder at your numbers as charities will benefit.
BRING IT ON !
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If you peruse a thread and it doesn't interest you then don't continue to read it.
If you aren't really happy with the forum then don't come here.
You really sound as though you have a number of issues to be honest.
 
Ok, it was a driveable par 4 (green the size of a postage stamp) but I'm a short hitter so laid up with a 5-wood and wedged to 2ft :thup:
 
"a ‘soapboxy higher than thou’ attitude..."

I wonder who posted that in another thread...?

Still chuckling:D
 
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