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  • If you haven't had a hole in one...

    What's the closest you've come? I figure we may as well have a feel-good for those of us that have yet to mark a '1' on the card.

    For me, it's a pair of occasions;

    The first time I was playing a 150 yard par 3, my ball pitched to 4 inches, hit the stick and spun away to 1 foot (yes, I made the birdie).

    The second one was during a mens night, 160 yard par 3, we were discussing the best way to attack a front pin on this particular green, the other 3 in the foursome were arguing you needed to fly it and stun it, I said land it short and let it run up. So they fly it and only one guy finds the green - 15 feet past the pin. My little 'land it on the front' cut shot looks like it should end up right of the cup but when it lands, it takes a bounce and starts running at the cup! It ends up finishing 8 inches below the cup. There were 80 guys playing that night - I'm kind of glad it didn't go in!

  • #2
    Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

    None for me, despit my aledged swing faults (MO).thanks.....!!!!

    I have hit the pin once and stopped about 6 inches, other than that a few about a foot or so.

    Just never seems like it will happen for me......

    Ian;¬ )

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    • #3
      Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

      hi
      i had a hole in one when i was starting out and not a very good player and it was lucky as it lipped the side of the bunker and that turned the ball at almost right angles into the hole, since my swing improved i have got close but never hit another hole in one.
      it seems the better i have got the harder it is to get a hole in one.
      cheers
      bill

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      • #4
        Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

        I've never had one but countless times I have stopped up within inches. Had a shot a month ago that landed four inches short with a big pitch mark and zipped back two foot (and I missed the birdy putt )
        Last edited by BrianW; 04-06-2009, 08:38 PM.

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        • #5
          Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

          This makes it even more annoying!

          ONE INCH! ONE SODDING INCH! IS THERE NO JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD? WHY COULDN'T CALLAWAY MAKE "BALLS THAT ROLL FURTHER" EH?

          Needless to say, I no longer use Callaway balls.

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          • #6
            Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

            I had one on a 140 yard hole, slam dunk 8 iron which did not touch the green. As Bill says, at that time I was not a good player also. A greater, but also probably a luckier, accomplishment was a holing out of a three wood approach on a par five.

            There have been many other close misses, such as dead in short by 2 inches and rolling by the hole.

            As I said before, it's the rub of the green.

            Ted

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            • #7
              Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

              Been as close as Neil and Brian, if not closer, but naturally I claimed it was at least 6 inches and more.

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              • #8
                Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                25cm (10 inches") is the closest i've been. when i realised it was my ball near the pin i got excited as this par3 is the big one in terms of balls won for nearest the pin. i was about to write my name of the NTP card when someone had a Hole in 1 on this hole.... i wasn't impressed.

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                • #9
                  Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                  Originally posted by AussieGolfBoy View Post
                  25cm (10 inches") is the closest i've been. when i realised it was my ball near the pin i got excited as this par3 is the big one in terms of balls won for nearest the pin. i was about to write my name of the NTP card when someone had a Hole in 1 on this hole.... i wasn't impressed.
                  Bummer!

                  The trick, though, for him and everyone else getting the HIO is to get it on a quiet day at the club. We've had a couple of guys not bothering to come to the lounge after, they went straight to the parking lot and scrammed.

                  We used to buy HIO insurance at my old club.

                  Ted

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                  • #10
                    Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                    Originally posted by rotator View Post
                    Bummer!

                    The trick, though, for him and everyone else getting the HIO is to get it on a quiet day at the club. We've had a couple of guys not bothering to come to the lounge after, they went straight to the parking lot and scrammed.

                    We used to buy HIO insurance at my old club.

                    Ted
                    My club donates a bottle of Scotch, if that goes they will lend you another bottle for you to replace so that you do not have to pay for it by the number of shots.

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                    • #11
                      Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                      Whilst I've had 1 HIO, it wasn't at my own Club.

                      The closest I've come at come at home is 2 inches at the 4th hole last Sunday in a pennant match.

                      Also had one come to a stop 4 inches from the cup at our 17th hole on a medal day last year. According to the guys in the group in front, the ball pitched 2 feet past the pin and zipped back, clipping the pin on its way....

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                      • #12
                        Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                        I got one on a relief hole once - a hole that shouldn't have been there, but a week later I got a real one . . . . January 16th, 1991.

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                        • #13
                          Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                          Originally posted by BrianW View Post
                          My club donates a bottle of Scotch, if that goes they will lend you another bottle for you to replace so that you do not have to pay for it by the number of shots.
                          Hi Brian,

                          I've never seen that before. What a great idea and what a great club to give that consideration. It's nice to see a club not trying to squeeze you for extra bucks in celebrating with the other members your good fortune.

                          Ted

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                          • #14
                            Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                            hi
                            both Gary Player and Greg Norman hit holes in one at the par three match at Augusta. and there was 4 hole in ones in total.
                            must be a great feeling to be 73 and still scoring a hole in one on TV.
                            well done to both Greg and Gary.
                            http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/7991063.stm
                            cheers
                            Bill

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                            • #15
                              Re: If you haven't had a hole in one...

                              I have a decent number of balls stop inside 6" of the cup on several par 3s. On a few more I have hit the flag stick, and had the ball bounce several feet away. Since this is thread about "not yet having a hole in one" I won't bring up those "eagles" I have carded on some par 3s........

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