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[Toph84]

Do you ever have a round of golf, or a few shots, or even one shot that you would really love to throw out there to share with others who are willing to talk about it? Be it a long drive, an ace, a chip in, or even just a really lucky shot but you don't want to post it on here because there will be 20 people saying "there is no way you hit that drive 300-some-odd yards without it being down hill, wind at your back, and even then I doubt it", then proceed to post a chart of tour players' average driving distance, and so on. Let's just open a thread where everyone can share those shots they've had recently or have bottled up for a while, unwilling to share just so they didn't have to deal with the nay sayers and "where's the proof" crowd.

To start the other day I had one of my best "non-wind-assisted, no hill involved" drives. It was a 414 yard par 4, flat up to the green which is elevated about 6 ft and a large false bunker around the majority of the green. Caught the driver solid, and the GPS read 371 yards. Was giddy after that one, even though I had been hitting the driver pretty solid all day. A couple holes later was a 331 yard par 4 dog leg left with desert on both sides of the fairway. I opt to hit a hybrid which I don't usually carry with me since I tend to overcook a draw if I get after it. Anyway I brought it with because the course has several short dog leg lefts, and a couple par 5 slight dog leg lefts. I tee'd off while a group was still up by the green, I didn't see my ball land and neither did 2 others in the group. The fourth person in the group said it rolled up by someone who was pitching from about 30-35 yards out. Everyone, including myself, said no way as I was hitting an 18* hybrid. Sure enough the person pitching on walks back and looks at the ball before going up to the green, and when we get up there it is my ball. GPS read 305.

Keep in mind I am playing desert courses so there is always some decent roll involved.

Alright let's hear it...

Edited by Toph84, 10 May 2012 - 09:52 AM.

[Tidiliwomp]

A drive i once had that only my playing partners believe happened.

-mostly flat 325yrd par 4 slight dog right, green still visable from the tee. only elevation change is a 4ft hill infront of the green.
-as i start my backswing the stars shift into position, the wildlife goes silent, and all wind stops. I over do my back swing by about 10% i feel my shaft load a little early, as time slows i make the purest contact i have ever made. the sound off my driver was nothing like it had ever made before. as time warps around my ball it is headed straight for the pin before we lose it into the morning haze.
-only trace we ever found was a huge 3 inch long dent in back of the green were it looks like a bullet grazed it
-we still talk about that one time i flew 325 and lost my ball off a cliff as i walk to my normal 265yrd drives

[JLTD63]

Where's the proof? haha...

[Toph84]

Tidiliwomp, on 10 May 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

A drive i once had that only my playing partners believe happened.

-mostly flat 325yrd par 4 slight dog right, green still visable from the tee. only elevation change is a 4ft hill infront of the green.
-as i start my backswing the stars shift into position, the wildlife goes silent, and all wind stops. I over do my back swing by about 10% i feel my shaft load a little early, as time slows i make the purest contact i have ever made. the sound off my driver was nothing like it had ever made before. as time warps around my ball it is headed straight for the pin before we lose it into the morning haze.
-only trace we ever found was a huge 3 inch long dent in back of the green were it looks like a bullet grazed it
-we still talk about that one time i flew 325 and lost my ball off a cliff as i walk to my normal 265yrd drives

Haha great way of telling the story. I noticed another thread on here talking about losing the ball in the fairway or seeing it land and going up and there is nothing. Nothing worse than spanking a drive, knowing where it landed, and not finding it.

[Tidiliwomp]

Toph84, on 10 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Tidiliwomp, on 10 May 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

A drive i once had that only my playing partners believe happened.

-mostly flat 325yrd par 4 slight dog right, green still visable from the tee. only elevation change is a 4ft hill infront of the green.
-as i start my backswing the stars shift into position, the wildlife goes silent, and all wind stops. I over do my back swing by about 10% i feel my shaft load a little early, as time slows i make the purest contact i have ever made. the sound off my driver was nothing like it had ever made before. as time warps around my ball it is headed straight for the pin before we lose it into the morning haze.
-only trace we ever found was a huge 3 inch long dent in back of the green were it looks like a bullet grazed it
-we still talk about that one time i flew 325 and lost my ball off a cliff as i walk to my normal 265yrd drives

Haha great way of telling the story. I noticed another thread on here talking about losing the ball in the fairway or seeing it land and going up and there is nothing. Nothing worse than spanking a drive, knowing where it landed, and not finding it.

It was truely a magical drive that i have not ever been able to replicate. I wish that i had some awesome shots like you had that actually resulted in great scores, don't get me wrong there have been a few of the 40 foot hole seeking puts that are ego boosters and those almost hole in one par three shots but i thought this would be a better story for the subject

[KYMAR]

To qualify for the pulitzer prize for fiction does a story need to be of a certain length?

No, I am just kidding. Awesome 300 yard Hybrid man! I totally believe you.

[Toph84]

The hybrid was an overcooked draw with a big bounce and solid roll out. Believe me I did not believe the last person in our group when they said it was up by the group pitching on the green. 300 hybrid, not likely... Desert course where its hard as a rock in some areas, with a nice bounce and plenty draw spin apparently it is.

[FLGOLFJUNKIE]

Yea, I don't even bother with telling people here about a nice shot. If there was someone there in person with me who saw it, they're the only one I discuss it with. Too many guys here who's job is literally to doubt everything everyone writes and ask for "proof" of a nice shot.

[Greyboy]

Since I'm only in the modest 110 MPH swing range group, my carry is usually in the 260-270 range on my best shots... but one time in Florida, when I was DOWN WIND WITH HARD FAIRWAYS... I hit a drive that measured 343.  I think that had to be my longest drive, and it was nice having a short iron into a par 5.

I ended up missing the green but getting up and down for birdie.

[Toph84]

Tidiliwomp, on 10 May 2012 - 12:22 PM, said:

Toph84, on 10 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Tidiliwomp, on 10 May 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

A drive i once had that only my playing partners believe happened.

-mostly flat 325yrd par 4 slight dog right, green still visable from the tee. only elevation change is a 4ft hill infront of the green.
-as i start my backswing the stars shift into position, the wildlife goes silent, and all wind stops. I over do my back swing by about 10% i feel my shaft load a little early, as time slows i make the purest contact i have ever made. the sound off my driver was nothing like it had ever made before. as time warps around my ball it is headed straight for the pin before we lose it into the morning haze.
-only trace we ever found was a huge 3 inch long dent in back of the green were it looks like a bullet grazed it
-we still talk about that one time i flew 325 and lost my ball off a cliff as i walk to my normal 265yrd drives

Haha great way of telling the story. I noticed another thread on here talking about losing the ball in the fairway or seeing it land and going up and there is nothing. Nothing worse than spanking a drive, knowing where it landed, and not finding it.

It was truely a magical drive that i have not ever been able to replicate. I wish that i had some awesome shots like you had that actually resulted in great scores, don't get me wrong there have been a few of the 40 foot hole seeking puts that are ego boosters and those almost hole in one par three shots but i thought this would be a better story for the subject

I had an ace on April 28th, I was just so happy I was playing with people and had witnesses. I would've been equally as happy if there were no witnesses, but sharing the experience with friends was pretty fun. No one ever believes driving distances on here though, or at least it seems. There are a lot of people who can put the ball out there aways, especially on the right type of course conditions. I used to do Junior long drive competitions in high school but the swing changes you make can really mess with your game on the course. Stopped doing it senior year of HS because I didn't want to hurt my driving game going into competetive golf at the next level. Definitely didn't mess with the long driving comps during collegiate golf, but now that I don't compete anymore in either, it's fun to bust out the big swing on the course every now and again when everything is clicking and you are having those days where it seems like you can do no wrong.

[Toph84]

Greyboy, on 10 May 2012 - 01:15 PM, said:

Since I'm only in the modest 110 MPH swing range group, my carry is usually in the 260-270 range on my best shots... but one time in Florida, when I was DOWN WIND WITH HARD FAIRWAYS... I hit a drive that measured 343.  I think that had to be my longest drive, and it was nice having a short iron into a par 5.

I ended up missing the green but getting up and down for birdie.

The worst is when you catch those big ones and hit a chip fat or you drive the green on a short par 4 and end up 3 putting because the adrenaline is still going!

[Pepperturbo]

Toph84, on 10 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Nothing worse than spanking a drive, knowing where it landed, and not finding it.

Yes there is... on a par 4 hitting a wonderfully long drive to the middle and 140 leave; only to spend 4-5 shots to get the ball in the hole.  Saw that with two different people the last couple of weekends.  One guy had 128yds in and took a 5.

[CowtownTexas]

Pepperturbo, on 10 May 2012 - 01:22 PM, said:

Toph84, on 10 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Nothing worse than spanking a drive, knowing where it landed, and not finding it.

Yes there is... on a par 4 hitting a wonderfully long drive to the middle and 140 leave; only to spend 4-5 shots to get the ball in the hole.  Saw that with two different people the last couple of weekends.  One guy had 128yds in and took a 5.

Were you playing with me?  

I'm that guy lately.  Just awful.

As for the OP, I have a shot like that.  Happened 20+ years ago, but I still remember it.  Playing a very down-wind (probably gusting 45mph+) 375 yard rock-hard par 4, caught a 3 wood absolutely perfectly, dead at the green, then got up there and couldn't find it.  Found the ball 2 holes later, in an adjacent fairway, a good 100 yards past that original green.  No telling what all the ball hit to get there, but we were the only ones on the course and it was definitely my ball.  The ball had travelled well over 450 yards, maybe close to 500.  

Also hit some 175 yard drives that day into that wind.  Was likely playing a Titleist Professional and persimmon wood.

Edited by CowtownTexas, 10 May 2012 - 02:02 PM.

[Veng]

No one believes me when I tell them about the one time on a bet I hit out of the club house, across a pond, to knocked a pelican off a post.

[greens hit]

Tidiliwomp, on 10 May 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

A drive i once had that only my playing partners believe happened.

-mostly flat 325yrd par 4 slight dog right, green still visable from the tee. only elevation change is a 4ft hill infront of the green.
-as i start my backswing the stars shift into position, the wildlife goes silent, and all wind stops. I over do my back swing by about 10% i feel my shaft load a little early, as time slows i make the purest contact i have ever made. the sound off my driver was nothing like it had ever made before. as time warps around my ball it is headed straight for the pin before we lose it into the morning haze.
-only trace we ever found was a huge 3 inch long dent in back of the green were it looks like a bullet grazed it
-we still talk about that one time i flew 325 and lost my ball off a cliff as i walk to my normal 265yrd drives

EA Tiger 2012 is a great game.  

[Tidiliwomp]

greens hit, on 10 May 2012 - 02:59 PM, said:

Tidiliwomp, on 10 May 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

A drive i once had that only my playing partners believe happened.

-mostly flat 325yrd par 4 slight dog right, green still visable from the tee. only elevation change is a 4ft hill infront of the green.
-as i start my backswing the stars shift into position, the wildlife goes silent, and all wind stops. I over do my back swing by about 10% i feel my shaft load a little early, as time slows i make the purest contact i have ever made. the sound off my driver was nothing like it had ever made before. as time warps around my ball it is headed straight for the pin before we lose it into the morning haze.
-only trace we ever found was a huge 3 inch long dent in back of the green were it looks like a bullet grazed it
-we still talk about that one time i flew 325 and lost my ball off a cliff as i walk to my normal 265yrd drives

EA Tiger 2012 is a great game.  

I know right? if i could just use my turbo to back spin on the ball mid flight like in the game i could have kept it on the green!!!

[RRFireblade]

This is generally why I rarely include details like yardages and such.

But I do have one no one is going to believe.

Par 4 blind dogleg. According to GPS its 365 as the crow flies to the pin on this wonderful sunny day.

Tee'd it up high, reached back and launched one over the corner, seemingly right on line. Ride out to the fariway,turn the corner and nothing....

Getting closer......nothing.

Right up to the green.....nothing.

Looked and the hole and you guessed it.....

Nothing.

WTF.

Ride back to the tee and play the hole out to double bogey.


Get in the cart and start heading for the club house. The path takes you in a circle around the backside of the green then out to the lot , as we come around my playing partner reachs out and scoops up a ball off the ground and then jamms on the brakes. After I come to from crashing into the back of his cart, with a ghost like stare he walks over to give me my ball with the blue letter J a write on it under the number.

GPS from that point to the Tee nearly 500 yards at this point.

No idea to this day what happened but until I see proof of otherwise , I now just say that I "average" 500yds off the Tee.

I promise this is a true story.

Edited by RRFireblade, 10 May 2012 - 07:08 PM.

[MadGolfer76]

If you ever want somebody to believe how far you hit your tee shot, don't use even numbers or multiples of 5. 297 is easier to believe than 300, for some reason.

[TJCDAS]

Toph84, on 10 May 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

Do you ever have a round of golf, or a few shots, or even one shot that you would really love to throw out there to share with others who are willing to talk about it? Be it a long drive, an ace, a chip in, or even just a really lucky shot but you don't want to post it on here because there will be 20 people saying "there is no way you hit that drive 300-some-odd yards without it being down hill, wind at your back, and even then I doubt it", then proceed to post a chart of tour players' average driving distance, and so on. Let's just open a thread where everyone can share those shots they've had recently or have bottled up for a while, unwilling to share just so they didn't have to deal with the nay sayers and "where's the proof" crowd.

To start the other day I had one of my best "non-wind-assisted, no hill involved" drives. It was a 414 yard par 4, flat up to the green which is elevated about 6 ft and a large false bunker around the majority of the green. Caught the driver solid, and the GPS read 371 yards. Was giddy after that one, even though I had been hitting the driver pretty solid all day. A couple holes later was a 331 yard par 4 dog leg left with desert on both sides of the fairway. I opt to hit a hybrid which I don't usually carry with me since I tend to overcook a draw if I get after it. Anyway I brought it with because the course has several short dog leg lefts, and a couple par 5 slight dog leg lefts. I tee'd off while a group was still up by the green, I didn't see my ball land and neither did 2 others in the group. The fourth person in the group said it rolled up by someone who was pitching from about 30-35 yards out. Everyone, including myself, said no way as I was hitting an 18* hybrid. Sure enough the person pitching on walks back and looks at the ball before going up to the green, and when we get up there it is my ball. GPS read 305.

Keep in mind I am playing desert courses so there is always some decent roll involved.

Alright let's hear it...

You obviously don't agree with your thread title.

[KYMAR]

RRFireblade, on 10 May 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

This is generally why I rarely include details like yardages and such.

But I do have one no one is going to believe.

Par 4 blind dogleg. According to GPS its 365 as the crow flies to the pin on this wonderful sunny day.

Tee'd it up high, reached back and launched one over the corner, seemingly right on line. Ride out to the fariway,turn the corner and nothing....

Getting closer......nothing.

Right up to the green.....nothing.

Looked and the hole and you guessed it.....

Nothing.

WTF.

Ride back to the tee and play the hole out to double bogey.


Get in the cart and start heading for the club house. The path takes you in a circle around the backside of the green then out to the lot , as we come around my playing partner reachs out and scoops up a ball off the ground and then jamms on the brakes. After I come to from crashing into the back of his cart, with a ghost like stare he walks over to give me my ball with the blue letter J a write on it under the number.

GPS from that point to the Tee nearly 500 yards at this point.

No idea to this day what happened but until I see proof of otherwise , I now just say that I "average" 500yds off the Tee.

I promise this is a true story.

The bold is the only true thing in this whole fantasy.

[youngstructural]

I hit a 275 yard drive when I was still in my Mothers womb.

Just sayin.

[RRFireblade]

KYMAR, on 10 May 2012 - 11:23 PM, said:

RRFireblade, on 10 May 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

This is generally why I rarely include details like yardages and such.

But I do have one no one is going to believe.

Par 4 blind dogleg. According to GPS its 365 as the crow flies to the pin on this wonderful sunny day.

Tee'd it up high, reached back and launched one over the corner, seemingly right on line. Ride out to the fariway,turn the corner and nothing....

Getting closer......nothing.

Right up to the green.....nothing.

Looked and the hole and you guessed it.....

Nothing.

WTF.

Ride back to the tee and play the hole out to double bogey.


Get in the cart and start heading for the club house. The path takes you in a circle around the backside of the green then out to the lot , as we come around my playing partner reachs out and scoops up a ball off the ground and then jamms on the brakes. After I come to from crashing into the back of his cart, with a ghost like stare he walks over to give me my ball with the blue letter J a write on it under the number.

GPS from that point to the Tee nearly 500 yards at this point.

No idea to this day what happened but until I see proof of otherwise , I now just say that I "average" 500yds off the Tee.

I promise this is a true story.

The bold is the only true thing in this whole fantasy.

See I told you.  

[Crab Daddy]

Different take. I'm playing a tweener course - like an Executive on steroids (5475 yds) - with my son. We tee it up on a par 4 that's 330 yds. Slight dogleg left with some trees blocking a direct line between tee box and green.  Hole calls for a draw, but I slice the crap out of the ball prefer to play a fade.  We wait for the group in front to clear the fairway, my son hits, and I decide to try a draw.  Well, I pull it off. The ball starts out toward the right side of the bunkers I was aiming at, then gently curves left, takes a bounce in the fairway and I lose sight of it.  When we get to where I thought it should be, we can't find it.  The group in front leaves the green and I notice there is a ball on the front fringe.  I check and sure enough, it's mine. Cool, I just smacked a 310 yd drive!  Since it was so close to the green I apologized to the group ahead of us. "Didn't mean to hit up on you guys. I've never hit one that far before, and didn't think I could."
The one guy says, "No problem. Yeah, it's hard to figure out the yardages since they moved the tee boxes up 40 yds."
It was fun for the 30 seconds it lasted, but it was a damn nice draw!

[Pepperturbo]

CowtownTexas, on 10 May 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Pepperturbo, on 10 May 2012 - 01:22 PM, said:

Toph84, on 10 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Nothing worse than spanking a drive, knowing where it landed, and not finding it.

Yes there is... on a par 4 hitting a wonderfully long drive to the middle and 140 leave; only to spend 4-5 shots to get the ball in the hole.  Saw that with two different people the last couple of weekends.  One guy had 128yds in and took a 5.

Were you playing with me?  

I'm that guy lately.  Just awful.

As for the OP, I have a shot like that.  Happened 20+ years ago, but I still remember it.  Playing a very down-wind (probably gusting 45mph+) 375 yard rock-hard par 4, caught a 3 wood absolutely perfectly, dead at the green, then got up there and couldn't find it.  Found the ball 2 holes later, in an adjacent fairway, a good 100 yards past that original green.  No telling what all the ball hit to get there, but we were the only ones on the course and it was definitely my ball.  The ball had travelled well over 450 yards, maybe close to 500.  

Also hit some 175 yard drives that day into that wind.  Was likely playing a Titleist Professional and persimmon wood.

Not probable unless you were in Houston or Austin where family and friends live.   Even when on business in TX, it's not in Dallas area...but who knows.

[Veng]

Crab Daddy, on 11 May 2012 - 11:14 AM, said:

Different take. I'm playing a tweener course - like an Executive on steroids (5475 yds) - with my son. We tee it up on a par 4 that's 330 yds. Slight dogleg left with some trees blocking a direct line between tee box and green.  Hole calls for a draw, but I slice the crap out of the ball prefer to play a fade.  We wait for the group in front to clear the fairway, my son hits, and I decide to try a draw.  Well, I pull it off. The ball starts out toward the right side of the bunkers I was aiming at, then gently curves left, takes a bounce in the fairway and I lose sight of it.  When we get to where I thought it should be, we can't find it.  The group in front leaves the green and I notice there is a ball on the front fringe.  I check and sure enough, it's mine. Cool, I just smacked a 310 yd drive!  Since it was so close to the green I apologized to the group ahead of us. "Didn't mean to hit up on you guys. I've never hit one that far before, and didn't think I could."
The one guy says, "No problem. Yeah, it's hard to figure out the yardages since they moved the tee boxes up 40 yds."
It was fun for the 30 seconds it lasted, but it was a damn nice draw!

LOL.  So many great lines in there.

[KYMAR]

Crab Daddy, on 11 May 2012 - 11:14 AM, said:

Different take. I'm playing a tweener course - like an Executive on steroids (5475 yds) - with my son. We tee it up on a par 4 that's 330 yds. Slight dogleg left with some trees blocking a direct line between tee box and green.  Hole calls for a draw, but I slice the crap out of the ball prefer to play a fade.  We wait for the group in front to clear the fairway, my son hits, and I decide to try a draw.  Well, I pull it off. The ball starts out toward the right side of the bunkers I was aiming at, then gently curves left, takes a bounce in the fairway and I lose sight of it.  When we get to where I thought it should be, we can't find it.  The group in front leaves the green and I notice there is a ball on the front fringe.  I check and sure enough, it's mine. Cool, I just smacked a 310 yd drive!  Since it was so close to the green I apologized to the group ahead of us. "Didn't mean to hit up on you guys. I've never hit one that far before, and didn't think I could."
The one guy says, "No problem. Yeah, it's hard to figure out the yardages since they moved the tee boxes up 40 yds."
It was fun for the 30 seconds it lasted, but it was a damn nice draw!

Bravo!

Love it! Great story.

[RRFireblade]

There's absolutely no place in this thread for that crab daddy.

Its utterly and completely believable.

[bepo]

I'm trying to knock off all the drivable par 4's at a course I play.  So far I've hit the greens that are 260, 310 and 378.  Still working on the ones that are 310 (been long a few times), 330 and 340.  Two have water and the second is uphill but it's possible.

[Onewaggle]

I Hit a 400+ 3 wood the other day.  Hole has a hill that its better to stay on top of with a longer shot into the green than blast a driver and have a downhill shot to an elevated green.

The three wood faded a bit, and rolled down the cart path, which has a convient curb that must have kept it on the path, depositing it just 20 yrds in front of the green.

Got a kick out of that!  Should have GPS'd it, but really who cares, funny shot I'll never hit again.

[Cartrydge]

I had one of those today.  Picture doesn't really do it justice but, it was a huge hook I had to hit into this green.  I hit a pretty poor tee shot and got a kick out but, I was behind a tree.  I was 180 out on a par5 and the safe shot was just to lay up but, being a par5 there was no way.  Hit a huge hook around the tree to 6 feet.  Also a super up and down round 6 birdies and 6 bogies for an even 71....  

Edited by fuab, 11 May 2012 - 07:40 PM.