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I hit my first hole in 1 yesterday and in a competition! happy days

Nice.
I got one at Ilfracombe pitch 'n' putt once.
Yeah!

Nice one. Did you get stung in the bar after ;)

I hit the pin in my younger days, i used to play nearley every day, then i gave up.

Just started playing again after 10 years

I hit the pin in my younger days

I saw a playing partner get one, as the green was slightly raised from the tee though we didnt see it go in the hole so it didnt really feel the same.

The nearest I got was when I was playing the second at Broome Manor, which was at the time a par four of around 350 yards. I was on the green when somebody holed out their tee shot on the third. So quite close  :)

Coate Water pitch'n' putt was my moment of glory - mind you there were 6 of us, 5 of which have never recovered.

Nice one Foggy, I've been playing for 40 years and have never had a hole in one.
I hit the pole once at Henley and the ball ended about one inch away, it was probably further away but I've told the story so many times it gets closer each time.

Don't lie Dell.

nice one foggy. i'm still waiting for mine.have hit the pin a few times but that counts for shit.

It's all in the sweep forward motion of the right analogue stick.

Well done Foggy - the only one I've ever got was years ago on the 8th at Burford.  Fortunately the bar was totally empty.  I've never come close since.

Good man Foggy. Where abouts and what hole, might have played it?

I've got 3 to my name somehow but I've played a lot of golf.

2nd at Bowood- hit an 8 iron a bit thin and it's rattled up the hill clattered the flag and gone in, 4th on the 9 hole Broome Manor course- downwind, piped a wedge all down it, pitches a foot behind the cup and nibbles back in, and a 5 iron on the 3rd at North Wilts, pitched front edge and rolled 40 foot to the back pin and in.

I'm pretty fucking good.

You lie more than dell.

If I was lying I'd have pured all 3 of em, not been a spawny babe twice x

Good point just that old babe dell.

The only hole in 1 i got was with the aid of the windmill at coate water crazy golf.

Now who's lying... there's never been a windmill ;)

Haha it went through something

yeah the water.that doesn't count

Alright i was fucking lying.

:D

I heart DRS

Morning Dave, It was the par 3 8th Hole at Salisbury and South Wilts CG, clipped it in off the front bank with an 8 iron.

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I played yesterday at Huntercombe, some of the hardest pin positions I've ever experienced. Lovely course though and very tough, haven't played much this year but they still had me playing off 12, only had three pars, no birdies and never bothered the pin on the par threes.
DRS I four putted three times, and this is no lie. On the third I was on the green in regulation about 10 foot from the pin, second putt was 10 yards past the pin, third put was short by a foot, frustrating game innit.

Damn right dell. With a nice bounce off the ground the other day i made the green on a par 5 for 2.

Like you, i 4 putted, pissed off werent the word!

hitting the straight drives,close approaches and the long putts is what keeps us coming back for more.even when it all goes tits up(regularly for me)
knowing you can do it at times is why golf is so addictive.
well that's how it is for me anyway

Same mate.

Just off for another 18 holes now

Straight drives are a thing of the past for me Arriba, I seem to play more and more recovery shots than I ever use to from my eratic driving when I get out the big bertha, it has got so bad this year that I have gone from using a driver to hitting a two iron off the tee on par fours and fives to keep my ball in play, stupidly on occasions the temptation to use her still takes grip, even though I know I'm going to pay on most occasions but thats golf.

Shot of the day for me yesterday after using BB on a 276 yard par four, hit the ball in the trees about 10 yards short of the green on the left, found my ball covered in leaves and a very restrictive area to swing my club, I had to crouch down quite low or stick my head in a holly tree, bringing the club back no more than a foot, chopped under the ball, up she went, over the bunker and onto the green, travelled about 20 foot across the green and ended up a three foot past the pin (bloody two-putted though, gutted).

My good and bad drives I will never remember in weeks to come, but that shot I will.

Get on the putting green gents!

I play a half decent standard but the low handicap and scoring well comes from putting, putting and more putting - when I used to have lessons regularly I spent at least 2 hours putting to every hour on the range.

Yep, as the old saying goes..driving for show...putting for dough

played a course in Surrey yesterday with a mate and his Dad - I only started playing about September last year.

Given up with the driver for now - 5 wood off the tee for me !

Played a par 5 - almost 500 yards long.  Hit a 5 wood off the tee, another straight 5 wood within 20 yards of the green - a 7 iron chip and run within 6 inches of the hole, then in for 4 - first time ever a "proper" birdie on a par 5 !

Followed it with a 5 wood off the tee on a par 3 200 yard hole - caught a lucky bounce on the left side of the green and bounced and rolled within about 9 inches of the hole

Those are the 2 holes i will remember - not the other 16 which were largely forgettable !!!!  

Spot on and when you get bored of practising putting a little session with a wedge chipping onto the green does wonders for the score.  I rarely hit the greens in regulation but have loads of greenside chips.  Getting it close really takes the heat off those bloody 5 footers

Which course sheepshagger?

Gatton Manor

Finished on 29 points which was shite - mate finished on 35 which was ok given it was our first time playing it

Shit game today

agree about putting.half your game is played on the greens.i'm ok at it and generally 2 putt most greens,with the odd 1 putt and 3's too.
my lad is great off the tee and fairway and hits it straight most of the time.his putting is dog shit though and ruins his game.

Have you told him so?

I wish i could play golf... i don't have the patience to put up with being shit at it, which means progress is unlikely.

numerous times,and he knows it anyway.it leads to strops and toys being thrown out.he blows birdies and pars all the time due to his putting.
better than me off the tee and approach shots, but he's only beat me once because he putts like stevie wonder

Golf is great if your playing well and shit if your playing well... shit. the problem with golf is its so time consuming. 18 holes and acouple of pints and thats the day gone.

Not a bad way to spend a day though

I've never played golf, I've been meaning to try it out. Is it hard for beginners?

Its not too bad.

Get the swing right and keep your eye on the ball and you wont go wrong...

I went around the Sawgrass course in the States in 19 once. 17 hole in one's. Devastatingly i hit a 2 on the 18th hole, it was a par 7 mind.

My playing partner hit his ball into a lake and as i was fishing it out i caught a 79lb carp.

Is that you Kim Jong Il?

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Nice one Foggy,i tend to aim for the bunkers on par three,s on account of it usually being the furthest from the water!

Which reminds me i have four days watching the PGA at Wentworth this week starting on Thursday :)

Alvaro Quiros will go close at decent odds if you fancy a punt,Ross Fisher is good E/W.

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did he finger it ?

had a nice 9 holes today with my lad at broome. had a sporting matchplay game and finished all square.
 i was one up into the last hole and thought i had it in the bag when i hit a gentle 5 wood to just short of the brook. my lad had hit his drive into the rough on the right about 50 yards back from me.he then hit a 7 iron to within 3 feet of the cup after getting a kind roll from the mound next to the bunker.i grounded my club and came up short of the green with my second shot.then i chipped past the hole and putted for a par.he got his birdie and that was that.
i was 2 down at one point so happy with a draw.

arriba,is a good two for one deal for Brinkworth in the adver tonight,in the entertainer.
Voucher so two can play for one paying after 2pm any day of the week long as you book.
Be worth 40p for the addy if you want one,offer till the end of June.

cheers for that leefer.aint been out there this year,but have played there loads.they always have deals on.
it aint the greatest course but is a good enough for a cheap round