Holing bunker shots

[Canfordhacker]

OK, so to follow on from my eagle thread, holing bunker shots is waaaaaaaay rarer for me, despite probably having more opportunities than I do for eagles!

2 in my whole time playing, both when abroad in Spain.

How do you get on?

 

[SugarPenguin]

Definitely more rare for me as well. Been close plenty but cannot recall the last one

 

[Lord Tyrion]

More often than eagles that's for sure, although that would not be at all difficult. I probably get 2-3 per year. Easier and more likely than a hole in one as you are closer to the hole. Not easy, easier (big difference )

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Think I have only ever had one, a long time ago

 

[tugglesf239]

never for me thinking about it.

Been close but never sunk one. Rarer than an Eagle would be my guess.

 

[londonlewis]

Good question, as was the eagle question.

Holed one on the first at Stowmarket against my mother in law for birdie. She wasn't impressed. Good job it went in, it would have finished a long way past the whole.

Have only ever holed out from a bunker one other time. It spun 4 inches to the right and rolled in.

As long as I give myself a great shout to finish with one putt after a green-side bunker shot, I am happy.

 

[Yant]

Yeah i very rarely hole a bunker shot.

 

[Orikoru]

I can't remember if I've done it or not. Certainly not recently.

 

[Beezerk]

I can't remember the last time I got out of a bunker

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

More joy here for me than for eagles. Had two in consecutive weeks earlier this season. One was at a comp in Formby and won me about £25 from the 2's pot.

 

[patricks148]

Nairn has quite deep pot bunkers and the green staff have been instructed to rake sand up the face so you end up plugged in the face more often than not, so just please to get it out most of the time. Though i did hole a couple in medals at the start of the season

 

[need_my_wedge]

Holed out more bunker shots than have had Eagles (1) or hole in one(0). Not sure exactly how many, but more than half a dozen.

 

[Kaizer_Soze]

Been a while since my last one, usually a handful during a season, I can remember 3 this year but like I said the last one was probably in May

 

[GreggerKBR]

Nope. Never happened for me. Plenty of Eagles and x2 Ace's in my time but not holed out from bunker.

TBH I very rarely go in them, we don't have many at Cottesmore and those we have are best avoided!
Played Royal St Georges yesterday so spent a bit of time brushing up my sand skills. Time wasted!
I only found 1-bunker the whole round and couldn't play for the flag anyway (but made sand-save!)...!

How about longest hole-outs?
I've got 138, 122, 118, 98, 85 and quite a few inside 60.

Another question is this

Has anyone ever made a gross birdie playing 3 from the tee...
I met a chap yesterday who can claim that!
Very very rare! Mind boggles.

 

[londonlewis]

How about longest hole-outs?
I've got 138, 122, 118, 98, 85 and quite a few inside 60.

Another question is this

Has anyone ever made a gross birdie playing 3 from the tee...
I met a chap yesterday who can claim that!
Very very rare! Mind boggles.

I remember my first hole out as it was my first birdie. I'd only been playing 6 months and I topped my second, then topped my third but it rolled in from about 100 yards.

Longest hole out was from 190 with a 4 iron. Pitched about 3 feet from flag and rolled in like a putt.

Gross birdie playing 3 from the tee;
I can't have come close to that at all. Not even sure if I've converted many pars from that situation.

 

[Face breaker]

Been playing for about 3yrs now and if my memory serves me right I've managed it twice, although I do hole 'flop shots' quite a lot, it's one of my strong points...

 

[jim8flog]

A lot more times fro me that getting eagles. There again I go in bunkers more often than I get on to a green in less than regulation.

I once was accused of deliberately going in to bunkers and getting up and down to win extra money in 'bits'.

 

[SocketRocket]

I am fairly good at getting out of greenside bunkers and usually leave a good chance of getting down. Don't hole many out but have done a fair number of times, had a slam dunk on one once.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Done it a while back. Half decent out of sand and so more likely to happen rather than an eagle

 

[backwoodsman]

Nope. Never happened for me. Plenty of Eagles and x2 Ace's in my time but not holed out from bunker.

TBH I very rarely go in them, we don't have many at Cottesmore and those we have are best avoided!
Played Royal St Georges yesterday so spent a bit of time brushing up my sand skills. Time wasted!
I only found 1-bunker the whole round and couldn't play for the flag anyway (but made sand-save!)...!

How about longest hole-outs?
I've got 138, 122, 118, 98, 85 and quite a few inside 60.

Another question is this

Has anyone ever made a gross birdie playing 3 from the tee...
I met a chap yesterday who can claim that!
Very very rare! Mind boggles.

Does he claim three off the tee, straight into the hole on a par 4? Or into the hole in in two on a par 5?,