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ooh yeah!!!! first eagle
ooh man. what a surreal experience
before i begin.
i had always thought that my first eagle would have bee at Redcliffe GC, 4th hole. par 5, 465m hard dogleg left, last 120m up hill. i have his this green in 2 twice and on about 7 other occasions i have been chipping from no more than 15m for eagle only to come up 18" short on all those times.
anyway.. today, i thought, "change of course". i went and played Nudgee GC as i haven't played here in well over a year. 8th hole. one of the longer par5's on teh course at 495m.
my drive i pulled left, wasn't a bad shot, maybe hit it 220m, but meant i had to hit a slight draw around the tree infront of me. i hit a 3w absolutely perfectly to within 95m from the hole - middle of the fairway.
now the next shot has been troubling me over the last few weeks. hitting a PW at 80% as i normally hit this club about 110 on a 1/2 decent swing.
I swing....... oh ****.. i've hit it thin.... i'm yelling at the ball to get down. its been hit just left of the flag and not bending much, finally touches grass, bounces 15" infront of the hole (apon closer inspection), hits the flag stick 5" up and drops in.
i didn't know what to think.. i looked at my other team members who saw it drop "did it go in.... i mean, did it really go in". they had to keep telling me "yes", but still i didn't beleive them.... i didn't know whether to swear, to lay on the ground and make grass angels or jump for joy as it was such a surreal experience.
as i was walking up to the hole, it was the deepest hole on the face of the planet. ... it was cruel... it wasn't until i was right up over the hole that i saw my ball smiling at me (no not literally).
anyway. thats my rant and i gotta let it out...
before i begin.
i had always thought that my first eagle would have bee at Redcliffe GC, 4th hole. par 5, 465m hard dogleg left, last 120m up hill. i have his this green in 2 twice and on about 7 other occasions i have been chipping from no more than 15m for eagle only to come up 18" short on all those times.
anyway.. today, i thought, "change of course". i went and played Nudgee GC as i haven't played here in well over a year. 8th hole. one of the longer par5's on teh course at 495m.
my drive i pulled left, wasn't a bad shot, maybe hit it 220m, but meant i had to hit a slight draw around the tree infront of me. i hit a 3w absolutely perfectly to within 95m from the hole - middle of the fairway.
now the next shot has been troubling me over the last few weeks. hitting a PW at 80% as i normally hit this club about 110 on a 1/2 decent swing.
I swing....... oh ****.. i've hit it thin.... i'm yelling at the ball to get down. its been hit just left of the flag and not bending much, finally touches grass, bounces 15" infront of the hole (apon closer inspection), hits the flag stick 5" up and drops in.
i didn't know what to think.. i looked at my other team members who saw it drop "did it go in.... i mean, did it really go in". they had to keep telling me "yes", but still i didn't beleive them.... i didn't know whether to swear, to lay on the ground and make grass angels or jump for joy as it was such a surreal experience.
as i was walking up to the hole, it was the deepest hole on the face of the planet. ... it was cruel... it wasn't until i was right up over the hole that i saw my ball smiling at me (no not literally).
anyway. thats my rant and i gotta let it out...
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