I think of my favorable shots as good more than lucky. They're very definitely lucky, but I try to think of them as just good shots.
However, I can definitely point out my unluckiest shot. We have two very short (460 yards) par 5s that come up back to back on our course, each a dogleg in the opposite direction.
The dog leg left is the tougher hole because the corner is defined by very tall trees, and it's really hard to hit a draw that high. I have to lay up a bit not to hit through the fairway since I can't turn the corner. Thus the hole, as short as it is, remains a three shotter for me. [This by the way, was after I retired--I retired at 55-- but still several years ago when I hit the ball a little further.]
The dog leg right is a much easier hole. The drive is over water and one can banana the shot as much as one likes and keep the ball dry save for terrible luck. I've hit middle irons into that green and have once made a double eagle there. But I was going through a short spell of bad luck on a hole where making six has one contemplating either suicide or giving up the game, whichever way one is leaning. I went several rounds without cranking a really good drive from that tee. Then I hit one perfectly. Two-putt-birdie is the worst likely result the way I hit that drive......except that the drive hit a flying goose right in the head, ball and goose both dropping lifelessly into the water.
I was more upset about killing the goose than I was about ending my cold streak on that hole, of course. It was bad enough for me that I took a few days off from the club.
