It was my pleasure to play golf today with forum member and new friend, ColtsFan. During the round I had a pole-ie from 110 with a wedge. The shot wasn't great - a little thin - but it was online and the flag stopped my ball and gave me a birdie chance and easy two putt.
Is this the first of the year? How about you southerners?
I was playing the ninth on the Star nine at Santa Ana GC in Bernalillo, NM about 3 weeks ago. I was about 105 out or so and hit a choked down PW. It hit the flag about 2/3 of the way down... and ricocheted about 50' away. Three putts later, a solid six (YES!!! - ). Shot a 78 and was seriously POed.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Three putts later, a solid six (YES!!! - ). Shot a 78 and was seriously POed.
I feel your pain. It was my first 'real' round of the year, and other than a short 3 hole stretch late in my round, I was a mess on the greens. I think I had 4 three putts and my chipping wasn't much better... Off to the scoring zone forum....
I was playing the ninth on the Star nine at Santa Ana GC in Bernalillo, NM about 3 weeks ago. I was about 105 out or so and hit a choked down PW. It hit the flag about 2/3 of the way down... and ricocheted about 50' away. Three putts later, a solid six (YES!!! - ). Shot a 78 and was seriously POed.
It was a par 5. I had high expectations of a birdie. In some ways I was lucky. The ball went left. If it had come right back at me it would have been very wet.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
"Hole 14, 55m pitch shot, hit flag, slam dunk in the hole, by Matthew Smith, aged 10".
Quote for Shot of the Day in a scramble a few months back. He won dad a 6 pack. I hope he doesn't think that I am going to give them back when he turns 18
It was a par 5. I had high expectations of a birdie. In some ways I was lucky. The ball went left. If it had come right back at me it would have been very wet.
Okay, okay . . . I stand corrected.
Nevertheless, the definition holds:
hawk n. A poor score of any magnitude resulting from a shot hit just too straight for the player's own good.
hawk n. A poor score of any magnitude resulting from a shot hit just too straight for the player's own good.
Now I know why the Hawk aimed for 6 foot uphillers, the damn pin can get in the way of holing out. Makes you wonder why he didn't have his caddy tend the flag when playing approach shots.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
hawk n. A poor score of any magnitude resulting from a shot hit just too straight for the player's own good.
The "hawk" certainly qualifies since my intended score was a birdie. The mantra for par 5s is, "Must birdie par 5s, MUST birdie par 5s!!!". If only a mantra could make it happen...
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Three putts later, a solid six (YES!!! - 
). Shot a 78 and was seriously POed. 
Off to the scoring zone forum....
Okay, okay . . . I stand corrected. 
If only a mantra could make it happen...
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