joma1108
Assistant Pro
I was reading a post earlier where it said someone carded a 27 at a hole and it got me thinking of my Kevin Na moment (carded a 16 at the par 4, 9th at the Valero Open in texas last year) as i like to call it.
I was playing in an open at the Shotts Golf Club near Glasgow in scotland.
I was standing on the par 3 16th with 5 shots to play with to get a cut.
Par 3, 222 Yards to the centre, large bunker at 175 yards carry and small bunkers left and right of the mouth of the green. all down the left and right (if you go miles off target) is trees and overgrown grasses waist height, wouldnt venture in for fear of meeting a bear or some other wild creature.
Took out my 4 iron and hit it sweet as a nut took a huge bounce off the front of the green and dissapeared over the back, guy i was playing with was a memeber and gave the sharp intake and said theres not much room before the trees at the back. i would hit a provisional, so i did.
3 off the tee huge slice and into the trees on the right not a problem says i.
5 Off the tee same as first into the trees into the right.
7 off the tee didnt go left thankfully however was a huge hook into the trees on the left.
9 off the tee went into the right hand bunker
10th Shot i bladed and it shot into the trees and bushes at the back (lost)
by this time the guys i was playing with were nearly wetting themselves however out of respect for a non memeber were valiantly trying to keep it to themselves.
12th Shot drop in the bunker however got it out and rolled off the back of the green
13th Shot bladed it back across the green into the bunker i just got out of.
i was losing the will to live by this time and seriously considered picking it up
14th shot popped out of the bunker to three feet.
15th Shot missed the three footer.
16th shot tap in for an um...er well a lot over par!!!
having searched for my balls not one could be found....except when i walked to the path through the trees to the 17th there it was sitting pretty my first, with a shot to the edge of the bunker and then a chip and putt chance....i was gutted.
The worst of it was that i went birdie, birdie on the last two holes and finished +3 for my handicap and made the buffer. (actually got a cut on the stablefored adjustment)
if i had taken even a 9 at the par 3 i would have won the handicap prize.
That was my horror story, i can laugh about it now but at the time boy did it hurt.
anyone got a Kevin Na moment they want to get off their chest!
I was playing in an open at the Shotts Golf Club near Glasgow in scotland.
I was standing on the par 3 16th with 5 shots to play with to get a cut.
Par 3, 222 Yards to the centre, large bunker at 175 yards carry and small bunkers left and right of the mouth of the green. all down the left and right (if you go miles off target) is trees and overgrown grasses waist height, wouldnt venture in for fear of meeting a bear or some other wild creature.
Took out my 4 iron and hit it sweet as a nut took a huge bounce off the front of the green and dissapeared over the back, guy i was playing with was a memeber and gave the sharp intake and said theres not much room before the trees at the back. i would hit a provisional, so i did.
3 off the tee huge slice and into the trees on the right not a problem says i.
5 Off the tee same as first into the trees into the right.
7 off the tee didnt go left thankfully however was a huge hook into the trees on the left.
9 off the tee went into the right hand bunker
10th Shot i bladed and it shot into the trees and bushes at the back (lost)
by this time the guys i was playing with were nearly wetting themselves however out of respect for a non memeber were valiantly trying to keep it to themselves.
12th Shot drop in the bunker however got it out and rolled off the back of the green
13th Shot bladed it back across the green into the bunker i just got out of.
i was losing the will to live by this time and seriously considered picking it up
14th shot popped out of the bunker to three feet.
15th Shot missed the three footer.
16th shot tap in for an um...er well a lot over par!!!
having searched for my balls not one could be found....except when i walked to the path through the trees to the 17th there it was sitting pretty my first, with a shot to the edge of the bunker and then a chip and putt chance....i was gutted.
The worst of it was that i went birdie, birdie on the last two holes and finished +3 for my handicap and made the buffer. (actually got a cut on the stablefored adjustment)
if i had taken even a 9 at the par 3 i would have won the handicap prize.
That was my horror story, i can laugh about it now but at the time boy did it hurt.
anyone got a Kevin Na moment they want to get off their chest!
