Golf Things That Gladden The Heart

[Imurg]

We had an Albatross yesterday..on our 18th....477 yards but a down, up, down and up hole...
Drives normally pitch on the upslope so little run....
Albatross made with a 6 iron, 1 putt combo.
Not bad.....


Although the tee was 320 yards forward as the proper tee was closed and the hole measured 155 yards...
Does it count?

 

[Orikoru]

We had an Albatross yesterday..on our 18th....477 yards but a down, up, down and up hole...
Drives normally pitch on the upslope so little run....
Albatross made with a 6 iron, 1 putt combo.
Not bad.....


Although the tee was 320 yards forward as the proper tee was closed and the hole measured 155 yards...
Does it count?

This really confused me... Are you saying you have a 155 yard par 5??

 

[Old Colner]

We had an Albatross yesterday..on our 18th....477 yards but a down, up, down and up hole...
Drives normally pitch on the upslope so little run....
Albatross made with a 6 iron, 1 putt combo.
Not bad.....


Although the tee was 320 yards forward as the proper tee was closed and the hole measured 155 yards...
Does it count?

Some of the lads I play with would be insisting they receive their 2 shots.

 

[Imurg]

This really confused me... Are you saying you have a 155 yard par 5??

At the moment..yes...
The 18th tee and first 300 yards are so wet they can barely walk on it without drowning...so, for now, they've moved the tee up to the first area that's dry enough...still says Par 5 on the card

 

[Neilds]

At the moment..yes...
The 18th tee and first 300 yards are so wet they can barely walk on it without drowning...so, for now, they've moved the tee up to the first area that's dry enough...still says Par 5 on the card

We had something similar with our 17th a few years ago. Went from a difficult par 4 to a really short par 3 (tee up and temp green). Also, as it was SI 3, lots of us high handicaps also retained our 2 shots- much annoyance from the 'real' golfers when we got a 3 for 5

 

[Orikoru]

We had something similar with our 17th a few years ago. Went from a difficult par 4 to a really short par 3 (tee up and temp green). Also, as it was SI 3, lots of us high handicaps also retained our 2 shots- much annoyance from the 'real' golfers when we got a 3 for 5

Similar happened at my old place years ago. The second hole was the hardest hole on the course (although it was stroke index 3, but anyone who played there knew it was the hardest) - 470 off the whites but bafflingly, a par 4, plus the tee shot faced you towards a ditch on the right, while the fairway was off to the left, so near impossible for faders like me. Then one year they were doing some work on the 1st for a couple of months, so they split the 2nd into two holes - from the tee you would play to a green about 150 yards down, and then the "2nd" was now an easy 270-yard par 4 instead. I was getting two shots on it as I was off 21 in those days, so was happily taking my par for 4 points every week. Until the work was done and I went back to making 7 for 1.

 

[LincolnShep]

My only eagle (#NotReallyAnEagle) came in similar circumstances, a par 4 shortened to about 110 yards because the fairway was a quagmire. One day I'll get a real one. Maybe.

 

[Swango1980]

My only eagle (#NotReallyAnEagle) came in similar circumstances, a par 4 shortened to about 110 yards because the fairway was a quagmire. One day I'll get a real one. Maybe.

It still appears on your spreadsheet as an eagle though

 

[Imurg]

We also have SI 1 closed...a 400 yard par 4...we have an emergency hole that comes into play if another is closed..it's a 130 yard par 3...someone got 5 points on it the other day

 

[LincolnShep]

It still appears on your spreadsheet as an eagle though

Oh yes. It's highlighted, in bold, and has a massive font size.

 

[AussieKB]

Wife in Italy for the Olympics and LIV on today OZ time, also on free to air TV.......

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

We had an Albatross yesterday..on our 18th....477 yards but a down, up, down and up hole...
Drives normally pitch on the upslope so little run....
Albatross made with a 6 iron, 1 putt combo.
Not bad.....


Although the tee was 320 yards forward as the proper tee was closed and the hole measured 155 yards...
Does it count?

Only as much as my albatross counts …on a par 4 temp tee to temp green (hole basically out of play but hey we wanted there to be 18 holes) all of 49yds. I won’t claim the hole-in-one but the albatross?

Nah…thought not.