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Smallville said:
I once told my wife to aim at the tree 20 yards away and take her chances. She missed the tree on the right side and hit a great shot.
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If there's something on the course I specifically want to miss, I aim directly for it. Always works.
 
And that is why the safest place on the golf course is standing by the pin when I am hitting my approach shot.
 
1) my first 9 holes at my old home course years ago I shot 59 on 9 holes (I still have the scorecard)
2) I have taken a 10 on a par 3 in a tournament (simply because I was emberassing myself, and did not want to play that hole anymore)
3) During a tournament where I was in the lead, I took a 12 on the 8th hole, and then a 9 on the 9th hole.
 
1. I have lost an even dozen balls during a round of golf.
2. Two years later i played the same course with the same ball for the whole round.
3. I always want to play another 9 after I get through playing 18.
 
ClairefromClare said:
If there's something on the course I specifically want to miss, I aim directly for it. Always works.
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The 4th hole on the Old Course at my club back home has a bunker slap bang in the middle of the fairway. In the middle of this picture. Several times I have aimed at the bunker thinking I'll probably miss it and be in the fairway. I have determined from this that a specific target like that focuses the mind and I hit it with unnerving accuracy. Of course, if I aim to the side of it, I still generally hit it in there. Or the heather, which is worse.
 
Looks like a pothole, too!
 
ClairefromClare said:
Looks like a pothole, too!
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Yeah. It's a tough hole. That's about 180 yards to the green and it's deep enough that your third shot will be from about 160. Not ideal. Tough green too.
 
JPsuff said:
(I don't dwell on the "boneheaded" stuff)
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Ty_Webb said:
I like your way of thinking JP.
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JP and Ty are right so I've been trying to come up with 3 good things. I know you guys won't be impressed, but they're good for me.
  1. My best score is a 106.
  2. I am ecstatic if I get through a round without losing a single ball.
  3. I am happier when I have a good chip than any other shot - I think it's because it lands close to the hole.
 
1) I've shot a 104 and a 74 on successive Saturdays in the Club Championship (4 round stroke play).

2) I've birdied every hole on my home course, and eagled all 4 par 5's, 2 par 3's and one par 4.

3) I used to arrive at the course at 3:00 AM on alternate weekends (trading every other week with my buddy) to start the waiting list for walk-on tee times that day. Back then it was nearly impossible to get through on the call-in system for reservations and since the course left every 4th time open for walk-ons, that was the only way we could get on for 18 holes together. We often played 36 holes in those days with lunch in between rounds.
 
  1. I have fractured a hand punching a golf cart after dumping 2 in the water during a team scramble. I then proceeded to shoot what would have been around a +4 the remaining 12 holes,,,
  2. 1 bad hole is usually followed by another
  3. I lost 12 balls on the RTJ Fighting Joe Links Course in Alabama....on the front 9..
 
I put 3 balls into the same yard yesterday! If I tried to do it on purpose, it would never happen again.
 
My best round is +1 (73). I've shot that twice, once in Hawaii and once in Arizona.

I have 2 eagles, one on a par 5 at my home course and one on a short par 4 in Hawaii.

My longest drive ever is 314 yards.
 
1. My lowest round ever is 73 (2 over).

2. I have had 8 eagles, 3 on par 4's.

3. I hit almost 80% of fairways in regulation.
 
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