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MarqHusker · « **Reply #9828 on:** October 06, 2020, 11:23:46 PM »

My only hole in one occurred while playing with my now wife. What a buzz kill. So many close calls with the buddies and I get the ace w her. She assumed this had happened before, much like ELAs experience. Nobody to taunt and gloat over. Oddly, I don't think I would place that shot anywhere close to the best 50 golf shots of my life. If it were some ridiculous carry or a long iron 200 yard par 3, but this was a pretty simple 100 yard gap wedge two bounce in the cup shot on a flat no hazard dog track of a course. Feel like an ass complaining about it, but if you play a fair amount and hit some pretty tough tracks, you really feel underwhelmed by it when it isnt a blistered middle iron over a trap to an elevated green.

FearlessF · « **Reply #9829 on:** October 07, 2020, 09:11:53 AM »

shouldn't complain about it

well, until you get your 2nd and it's more remarkable

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #9830 on:** October 07, 2020, 11:01:03 AM »

Quote from: ELA on October 06, 2020, 10:47:13 PM

I spent two summers bartending at a country club in law school, and we could use the course for free on Mondays, when it was closed for maintenance. We had nothing else to do those days, so we would frequently just play 36 holes, on a course we could never have otherwise afforded to get into. Playing regularly is the key, between that and going out once or twice a week to public courses, I actually got okay. I could never drive the ball though. I had to sacrifice so much distance to avoid a wicked slice. My short game was outstanding, and my putting was probably above average

I caddied at Chicago Golf Club when I was 13 for a summer job. We got to play on Mondays as well. Definitely the same; it was a private club and far more rarified society than I'll ever aspire to be. Gorgeous course.

I had one round where we got stuck at the halfway house on the turn during a thunderstorm. Mike Ditka was there playing that day (not a member, was just a guest) and was also holed up in the halfway house smoking a big fat cigar. I got him to autograph my yardage book.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #9831 on:** October 07, 2020, 11:56:32 AM »

When I was 9, I allowed cars to park in our front yard for a quarter so folks could walk to the Master's. We lived about three blocks away. Then we moved.

That was a lot of money for me.

Kris60 · « **Reply #9832 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:31:09 PM »

Quote from: MarqHusker on October 06, 2020, 11:23:46 PM

My only hole in one occurred while playing with my now wife. What a buzz kill. So many close calls with the buddies and I get the ace w her. She assumed this had happened before, much like ELAs experience. Nobody to taunt and gloat over. Oddly, I don't think I would place that shot anywhere close to the best 50 golf shots of my life. If it were some ridiculous carry or a long iron 200 yard par 3, but this was a pretty simple 100 yard gap wedge two bounce in the cup shot on a flat no hazard dog track of a course. Feel like an ass complaining about it, but if you play a fair amount and hit some pretty tough tracks, you really feel underwhelmed by it when it isnt a blistered middle iron over a trap to an elevated green.

Holes in one are fluky. Based more on luck than skill. SI did a great article one time on HIO’s. One story involved a barber who had never played before. One afternoon a couple of guys convinced him to just ride around on the cart and drink with them while they played. A couple holes in they convinced him to take a swing. He steps up to a little Par 3 and holes it out. Never swung a club again. He said he knew it would all be down hill from there.

When I worked at a CC this old fella finishes his around and his buddy says “drinks are on Bob, he aced Number 15.” I congratulated him and asked if that was first HIO. He tells me it’s his sixth. There are PGA Tour professionals who don’t have six HIO’s. This guy was a 25 handicap duffer and he had six.

NorthernOhioBuckeye · « **Reply #9833 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:31:48 PM »

Last year playing with my normal foursome, we were playing a par 4 with an elevated green. I had a pretty good drive and was laying about 150 out. We noticed that the flag stick was not standing in the hold, but laying on the green. I was already standing by my ball and decided to go ahead and hit as I hadn't been playing well anyway and thought I would be lucky to get anywhere near the hole anyway. At the same time, the other 2 in our foursome, drove up to the green side to place the flag stick in the hole. And just to put a finish on a bad round and to make it a perfectly bad day, I hit a nine iron that hit 2 ft right of the hole, took a right turn and hit the bottom of the flag stick, keeping it out of the hole. That pretty much sums up my luck. I took a tap in birdie on what should have been an eagle.

FearlessF · « **Reply #9834 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:34:09 PM »

still searching for my first hole in one

obviously had plenty of opportunities

been within a foot of the cup about a dozen times

been within 3 inches 5 or 6 times

I'll keep trying.

and I'll happily buy the round of drinks if it ever happens

NorthernOhioBuckeye · « **Reply #9835 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:38:14 PM »

Quote from: Kris60 on October 07, 2020, 12:31:09 PM

Holes in one are fluky. Based more on luck than skill. SI did a great article one time on HIO’s. One story involved a barber who had never played before. One afternoon a couple of guys convinced him to just ride around on the cart and drink with them while they played. A couple holes in they convinced him to take a swing. He steps up to a little Par 3 and holes it out. Never swung a club again. He said he knew it would all be down hill from there.

When I worked at a CC this old fella finishes his around and his buddy says “drinks are on Bob, he aced Number 15.” I congratulated him and asked if that was first HIO. He tells me it’s his sixth. There are PGA Tour professionals who don’t have six HIO’s. This guy was a 25 handicap duffer and he had six.

Years ago, I played in a Wednesday night golf league that consisted of people from work. The course was a little nine hole course that had some difficult holes, but generally pretty easy. Number 7 was a 140 yard par 3 where there was a slight rise in the "fairway" to where you could see the flag stick, but not the green. My opponent that afternoon was an elderly man that had worked there for 40 years. He hit a worm burner that scooted over the little rise and appeared to be going fast enough that it would continue across the green and into the pine trees that lined the back of the green. He was cussing the shot the entire time until we got the green and began looking for it. Everyone was looking in the tree line as the grass was fairly tall in that area and would make finding a ball fairly difficult. We looked and looked and could not find it. He was about to head back to the tee to hit again when I decided to walk past the cup just to take a look. Sure enough, he holed it out. When we got back to the clubhouse, he was reliving his HIO to anyone that would listen.

NorthernOhioBuckeye · « **Reply #9836 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:39:56 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on October 07, 2020, 12:34:09 PM

still searching for my first hole in one

obviously had plenty of opportunities

been within a foot of the cup about a dozen times

been within 3 inches 5 or 6 times

I'll keep trying.

and I'll happily buy the round of drinks if it ever happens

I'm with you. The closest I ever came was the ball coming to rest about 3 inches or so short of the cup. I was playing with my brother in law and he hit next. His ball almost hit mine, coming to rest about 3 or 4 inches on the other side of the cup, his closest to a HIO ever also.

FearlessF · « **Reply #9837 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:51:15 PM »

I had one hit 6 inches on the far side of the cup and spin back past the cup to 3 inches in front of it.

not sure how it did not go in, had to lip the cup

DevilFroggy · « **Reply #9838 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:51:31 PM »

I've never swung a golf club anywhere other than mini golf or Top Golf in my life.

FearlessF · « **Reply #9839 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:51:38 PM »

ACE ALERT: Big John Daly Casually Hits Hole In One While Barefoot!

https://golficity.com/ace-alert-big-john-daly-casually-hits-hole-in-one-while-barefoot/?fbclid=IwAR10BvGwnGlipcbHJhYmW6PK3mDLUKU3BsIoyn8a3meNHS4ljW-fLoWIaFg

FearlessF · « **Reply #9840 on:** October 07, 2020, 12:52:42 PM »

Quote from: DevilFroggy on October 07, 2020, 12:51:31 PM

I've never swung a golf club anywhere other than mini golf or Top Golf in my life.

smart man

I always tell folks that haven't played.......... golf is like cigarettes, don't start because you might not be able to quit

MrNubbz · « **Reply #9841 on:** October 07, 2020, 01:01:52 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on October 07, 2020, 12:51:15 PM

I had one hit 6 inches on the far side of the cup and spin back past the cup to 3 inches in front of it.

Difference between an "EW" and an "AH"

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