Best shot this year?

Okay folks, how about a thread about your best shot this year, be it a par saving bunker shot, a 300 yard drive or a long putt, this is the place to tell everyone.

Here goes: Mine must be an 8i tee shot (opening shot for my round) on a par 3, I hit it so sweetly and it stopped dead on landing on the green, 6 feet from the pin.

It is my best shot as I was really struggling with my game and I put quite a bit of time at the range in, especially with the irons. I was faced with a tee raised 30 feet above the green, it was my first swing of the day and when I connected with the ball it felt so pure. Unfortunately I didn't convert the birdie putt, I forgot the rule that on a wet dewy green putts will break less, the ball went right down my intended line but didn't break the 2 inches I expected and sat on the lip.

Who's next?

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Personal bests:
18 holes - 92 (+21 02/08/06), 92 (+20 24/06/07)
9 holes - 43 (+7 02/08/06), 41 (+7 24/06/07)
Putts (18) - 30 (04/09/07)
Putts (9) - 12 (02/08/06)
Fairways - 11/14 ((02/08/06, 24/06/07, 01/08/08), 10/13 (09/06/07)
GIR - 5/18 (01/08/08)
Pars in one round - 7 (24/06/07)

Lifetime birdie count - 8 Latest - 03/09/08 - 7th hole Kingsway 318 yard par 4
Lifetime eagle count - 1 Latest - 15/06/08 - 4th hole Canadian G&CC 9 hole 481 yard par 5

I went to the local 4 star course (1 hour away). Played brutal. Came home, played the mens night event. Played brutal. On the last hole (par 3) the yardage was 168 to the flag. I hit a smooth 6 that landed on the front, rolled up, and stopped 10" from the pin.

The reason this is the best is that I won $350 for CTP (there's a 2 foot circle around the pin), and didn't have to buy on the busiest night of the week! (Which just goes to show that they DO pay for the shot of the week).

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A new highlight: Golfing the home course on Christmas Day.

I say it too often: If it's golf club shaped, you can play with it.

For the record, I'm a club doctor, not a swing doctor.

This one isn't so dramatic, but it felt to me like my best shot of the year.

It's a short par 4 hole, 285 yards. I tee off with a 3 wood, but I swing way over the top and heel it about 100 yards sharply to the left into weeds and clover. From the tee it looks like it's going to be unplayable, because it's a rugged area on the very edge of the course. I get there and find that I can just about get a stance, and although the ball is pretty deep in the clover, I should be able to get a club on it.

From this spot I can just about glimpse where the green is, and there are some trees that I have to go over or around. From this angle there's no fairway between me and the green until you very close to the green.

The conservative, i.e., smart shot would be an almost lateral shot onto the fairway. But on the other hand, I know I can get over those trees; it's just a matter of hitting it straight.

So I take my 5 hybrid and setup methodically, reminding myself to let the club do the work, don't try to kill the ball, just swing through the clover and make good contact. Then I make what feels like a nice easy swing and the ball flies straight out of the clover, over the trees, exactly as aimed and visualized, and lands at the edge of the green. I two-putt from 25 feet or so for par.

In a way, you could say this isn't a great shot at all, since it wasn't the smart shot. But for me, what made it a great shot was the fact that even though I hit a really, really bad shot off the tee, I didn't get agitated at all. It's very easy to have one of those awful tee shots and immediately think "train wreck," but I didn't. The other thing that made it great was that I didn't try to crush the ball. I stuck to my "swing easy" plan, lined up the shot carefully, visualized the exact ball flight I wanted, and put a good relaxed swing on the ball. The third thing was that I allowed myself to choose the right club for the shot, the 27 degree 5 hybrid. This club has a rounded bottom, which makes it very good for recovery shots from the rough, and the distance was exactly right. I have a tendency to be skittish with the hybrids, and I start wondering whether I can really hit the ball. But this time there was no hesitation. I chose the club because it was the right club. I planned the shot carefully, and I executed the plan. And it worked. So even though it wasn't the smart shot, at least it wasn't a case of me just grabbing a club, taking a swing in the general direction of the green and hoping for the best.

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Todd
Philadelphia, PA
USA

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ~Phyllis Diller

I'd have to say my best shot this year was a tee shot. I know most peoples will be an approach shot. I'd been spraying my driver so I switched to hitting my 3 iron, which still allows me to reach almost any green here in regulation.
We're on a 540 yard par 5. Wind was blowing strong behind me and the fairways were pretty hard. I hit the most solid high draw shot I think I've ever hit. Landed on the right edge of the fairway and caught the slope. When all said and done. Went about 330 yards....did I mention that was with a 3 iron. 7 iron next to the green chip 2 putt for birdie.

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Now featuring brand new TaylorMade Burner Draw 10.5, Stiff Shaft.

I've had a couple really great shots this year one a long par 4 number 6 at my home course i hit the stick and it landed about 3 inches away and i knocked it in for birdie. Also just recently i hit a 25 foot putt that broke about 7 1/2 feet for my first eagle ever, and 1 week ago i hit a flop shot in for birdie on the par 3 7th after flying the green long, and the green slightly slopes towards the water away from me so if you don't have good touch the ball with fly past the hole.

Those have to be my 3 favorite shots so far this year.

Still waiting for that first ace.

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Driver: TaylorMade Burner 10.5 UST Proforce V2
Wood: Nike Sasquatch 3 Wood
Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro 3 I-Wood 20*
Irons: Nike CCI Forged 4-PW
Wedges: 52* Nike SV Tour, 56* Titleist Vokey Spin Milled, 60* Callaway X Forged
Putter: Ping Karsten Series Anser

My Best Shoot Was On Last Thursday Not One But About Nine Of Them...chipping For The First Time In My Short Career As Golfer
(two Years) I Was Able To Stop The Damn Ball In A Dime And Few Of Them With A Slight Backspin About Two Footers.
It Was A Nice Round Really Nice

Err - mine was probably last night. My drive was close to the corner of the dogleg, leaving me probably 60 from the pin, but with the trees on the dogleg blocking me. There was a low punch on - maybe a 4H - but the fairway sloped away down to a bunker. Still, I thought it would squeeze under the branches, and got the club out ready.

When I looked at it, I actually thought there was a shot to the flag. It woiuld need a hell of a pickup, and the only thing that was going to do it was a full swing with my 64* lob wedge, and that club has so much bounce that I've been thinning everything with it and only tend to use it in bunkers.

Nevertheless, I gave a right drilling, and sure enough, it pops up beautifully, straight at the pin, 10 feet past.

Like I said, it wasn't that close, but it was a really ballsy shot with a club I'm afraid to use, and it did exactly what I visualised

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Personal bests 2007;
Best 18: 78 (+12)
Best 9: 37 (+4)
Best Stableford: 45 pts
Best total putts: 28
Best total length sunk putts (ft): 54

Club tourney history this year: Captain's Day - 1st; Club foursomes - 2nd; Dimex Stableford - 2nd; Club Championship - 13/28 gross, joint 5/28 nett; Ferebee Shield - 2nd; Sept Medal 2nd; Autumn Stableford - 1st

think ive had 2 in one night
played heaton park tonight, its a very hilly course where even lies are as common as rocking horse sh*t
my 1st one came at the 12th 382yd par 4, id hit a decent drive over the valley to the top of the rise with 150 to the pin the ball was below my feet and the wind was blowing left to right i took aim slightly left and just made a real nice smooth swing, at first i thought it was too far left but it gently faded back right, it landed softly and rolled towards the pin leaving me a 3 inch putt for a birdie

the 2nd was a drive on the 18th 289yd par 4.
i took my time setting up i made a full backswing and just swung smoothly through the ball. it went arrow straight and landed 20yds short but just managed to roll up enough to get through the fringe, 2 putts to finish with a birdie

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cheers slats
"Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle"

Am I allowed to volunteer the range session I just had as 'best shot of the year' - using the pile of balls 200 yards away as my result? Who would have thought that two simple moves - turn my chest away from target, turn my hips left - would have produced these powerful, penetrating, repeatable shots over and over?

Hit a beauty this w/end. 24 degree hybrid to 6.5 feet to set up birdie.

Best bit is that I really thought through the shot and took an extra club and ended up pin high. I need to think more on the course but I get so hung up on making a good swing I often hit a shot short and then think, "of course, the pin is at the back, or it was into a head wind".