Your most costly shot

[Captainron]

For Rory it was his drive on the 10th on the last day at Augusta. Scott Hoch had his 2 footer and Monty had his 6 no wait 7 iron at Winged Foot.

For me it was a duffed gap wedge on the 18th at cookridge in a swindle. Put it in the water and squandered what proved to be a 2 shot lead to lose the £130 on countback. Heart breaking.

What's yours?

 

[wull]

i think my costly shot was my 3 iron at the 14th at callander.i was -1 at that point and i was aiming right of the green,maybe 10 yrds.the reason for this was left of the tee going all the way up to the left handside of the green is out of bounds.

so the last thing i wanted to do was go left and i hit the perfect 3 iron that went exactly where i was aiming,trying to hard to protect my score and it cost me.i ended up behind a tree and with a bunker to go over,i ended up making double and it put me in a bit of a mood.i played the next 4 holes +2 and was just 2 strokes from making cat 1 so i think that shot cost me.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Too many to remember. Have an inbuilt ability to snatch tragedy from the jaws of victory. I guess finishing 6, 6, 6 in two consecutive medals (double, treble, single bogey) when standing on the 16th +6 and +5 respectively ranks pretty highly

 

[bobmac]

Finals of the British Senior Masters at Forest Pines. 2003
1 under par, 2 iron second shot to the last, landed short and kicked left and ran into the water. Dropped, chipped and 2 putted for 6 and lost it by one.
Strangely, the guy who won it off 8 was off 3 the year before. Very suspicious

 

[Oddsocks]

Our winter singles matchplay final, come back from 4 down to all to 1 down on 16th, walked onto the 17th tee, tee'd up and ripped a monster.... From the yellows and not the whites . Oh the pain!

 

[brendy]

I still won this conp but 46 points with a juicy 8 (quad bogey) on the 13th having taken a wood for safety! My first proper round under par gross but could have been so much better had I kept my foot on the pedal. I still had 3 x 2s in the back nine par 3's only to receive 18 quid as someone had a hole in one plus a fair amount of other twos.
Looking back though it was the best round I have played in a long time where I didn't let the disaster stop me.

 

[richart]

Our winter singles matchplay final, come back from 4 down to all to 1 down on 16th, walked onto the 17th tee, tee'd up and ripped a monster.... From the yellows and not the whites . Oh the pain!

You could start a thread on that experience OS.:rofl:Happy Xmas mate, don't let the memory ruin your day.

 

[Oddsocks]

It won't rich, OS must have been a good boy because Santa delivered a nice haul of golf goodies

Have a good'en people !

 

[Region3]

2nd to our 18th in a monthly medal earlier this year. The flag was right at the back of the green and behind a bunker but I'd worked out that I'd get cut to single figures if the CSS went down 1 and I birdied the hole.
I went straight at it and went in the bunker. Made a hash of it from there and made a double bogey and lost the medal by 1 shot!

 

[Steve King]

Sooooo many to choose from

Playing in the Logan Trophy, first round, birdied the first, then pulled 2nd tee shot into trees on a very short par 4

Had around 60 yards to the pin

Tried to play through a 6 inch gap in the trees....

Three shots later I finally managed to hack the ball backwards on to the fairway, went on to make a 9

34 holes later I missed the cut by 2 shots...

 

[HickoryShaft]

Played in my first season of comps this year and won 2 medals plus placed in a couple of others so was invited to the winners only comp at end of season.

9th is a long par 3 (246 yards) and into the wind on the day. Played great up to then and was going for it - drive OOB then messed up the 4 iron I took to try and get in without too much damage. Ended up with a 7.

3rd on count back with a nett 1 over (other guy pipped me for 2nd on the last which he birdied) - winner had 1 under nett!!

 

[Bash]

My most costly shot was off the tee on the 15th on Ascot's old course. Blooming ball went in the hole !!

 

[JustOne]

On the 14th hole I chipped on from 10ft, it ran at the hole and hit the pin.... then ran 8ft past as if the pin were spring-loaded...

I missed the return putt


...went on to shoot 4-under and it could have been 6-under had the chip dropped :angry:

 

[SharkAttack]

Has to be finishing 5,5,5,5,5 (6 over for those holes, was -2 after 13) at an Open Tournament at what was to be my new club, tied for 1st place and ended up 4th after count back. DOH!

Shark

 

[cheezburga]

Our winter singles matchplay final, come back from 4 down to all to 1 down on 16th, walked onto the 17th tee, tee'd up and ripped a monster.... From the yellows and not the whites . Oh the pain!

Perhaps I'm being dim, but why was that a costly shot? Presumably your oppo' asked you to play it again from the whites - did you lash it OB or something?

 

[Slab]

Still annoys me to recall it but in my quest to break 90, on a recent round I was out in 42 and screwed my drive at the 10th & ball subsequently lost, 2nd tee shot went into the rough (this after finding the fairway on the front 9) Head now messed up I shot a 10 on the 10th & went on the let the effect knacker the next two holes too

That corner has cost me my card on several occasions but that was the costliest

 

[HawkeyeMS]

There's quite a few but the wedge I hit into 18 on the 2nd round of the Stone Cup last year. I knew a par 5 would give me a sniff of winning and I was 100yds from the pin playing my 3rd shot. I'd back myself to make par every single time from where I was - so I skulled it through the green and ended up making double. Par would have won it.

 

[User 105]

The one that sticks in my mind was a 2nd shot with my 3w on our par 5 16th. I was something like 7 under my handicap at that point and cruising.

16th has OOB all down the right and I'd OB'd my drive about the last 5 rounds. Finally I nailed one right down the middle. 2nd shot with my 3w. My most trusted club in the bag and out of nowhere sliced it to the top of the hill.

Got up there and it was literally an inch OOB. Walk of shame back down the fairway and almost hit an identical shot but this one stayed in by about a foot. Duffed a 5i, few shots later I walk off with an 8. Not the end of the world I know.

BUT, the red mist descended.

Took a 5 at the par 3 next, should have been a 4 but missed an 18 inch putt.

Then completely lost it on the par 4 18th. SI 18. Took a 9. Sliced drive OOB, duffed a few and 4 putted.

I think what really caused this was I'd been playing absolutely crap all year. probably playing a good 6-7 shots over my handicap all season. Then out of nowhere finally hook up a round.

It wasn't so much losing the comp, it was more destroying a great round that done it.

 

[Snelly]

Devils Dyke GC - 2003. Standing on the 16th tee at five under par in a medal. In an effort to ensure I get a long drive away on this long and tough par 4, I manage to carve my ball right with a big slice - OOB. Oh dear. Gutted. Reload and am angry with myself so really belt the provisional - even bigger slice right - OOB. Walked off with a 9. I totally lost it after that and had a bogey, bogey finish to card a 2+ 74 which ironically still won the lowest gross.

Pathetic...... and it still rankles now. I still haven't broken 70 on that course in hundreds of attempts. What might have been eh.......?

 

[newbhoy123]

Played out of my skin in a match, I was up by three then he came back leading by 2, I levelled it. Was looking great of the tee on a long par five, 6 iron to lay up, again great connection and hit, however it kicked into a fairway bunker about 50-60 yards from the green. It was apparent after I wasn't thinking clearly and I somehow used a pitching wedge to the green and shot way over the back and went OB. Needless to say I lost the hole while being all square and lost the match. It was a team event, which we won, however that shot stayed with me for sometime after, it was the only match out of five I lost winning each other convincingly but it's the one you lose that you think of the most. The funny thing is I don't for the life of me know why I used a pitching wedge from there in, that's normally kept for 100 yards