Pinseeker!

[Whee]

I'm stood at our first par 3 sixth this morning, enjoying the round after having a couple of weeks off.

I've started ok (by my standard) and am happy enough, despite having a mare on the 5th.

It's 145 yards to the front of the raised green, and the pin is another 28 yards further on, tiny breeze from behind, but it's very hot - flight distance has increased again.

I watch my two playing partners aim nicely flighted 9 irons towards the flag, but both pull round to the left hand side leaving them chips onto the green.

Up I step, 8 iron in hand, I tee my ball up and she's sitting there looking pretty. "Come on Whee" I says to myself, "let's get this little tart dancing and tidy up after the 5th"

Gentle, easy and relaxed practise backswing, more than happy with it. Address the ball now and attempt to replicate it.

Nah, not a chance, i've caught it a little bit heely and a little bit thinny - but she's on a good line as I look up moving back towards the flag.

She must have hit the green for her single bounce at a comedy trajectory, because the divot was like a bowling ball. One bounce and slap, we hear her hit the flag stick.

She had just tickled off the back edge leaving me a chip which ended up a foot short and a tap in for par - i'll take that sort of scoring any day of the week.

Has there ever been a time when you've connected so poorly with a shot, but nearly been rewarded handsomely?

 

[Matty]

Has there ever been a time when you've connected so poorly with a shot, but nearly been rewarded handsomely?

You've got to be kidding - this is a weekly occurrence for me!

On occasion I connect with the ball so much better and score fewer points.

Here's to the scramblers!

 

[Losttheplot]

Nope not really. The only time I recall is when I clatter it into the trees off the tee and sometimes it bounces back on the fairway!

 

[fundy]

my first hole in one came from one of the worst shots ive hit, heavy about 30 yards short, pitch on the back of a bunker shot forward and then was like a rat down a drainpipe

 

[pendodave]

A mate of mine secured the first eagle in the three years our regular three-ball has been playing together by hitting the back of a bunker short and right of the green with a dreadful heavy/sliced 9 iron which kicked left and ran across the green. Fortunately none of us had to watch it go in as it was shielded from us by the lie of the land. We searched the rough at the back of the green for a couple of minutes before finding it in hole.

Bizzarely, I then eagled a shortish par 4 in our very next round, but that was with a drive to the middle of the green followed by 6ft putt. I've never quite managed to convince him that mine was slightly more worthy.....

 

[TobyRich1928]

My friends hit a bunker shot way long, but got caught up in the flag itself and dropped less then an inch behind the hole lucky boy