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**thomaskkk** · 04-29-2012, 08:57 PM

Having only come back to the game a year ago, I've gone golf mad this year. I think what's got me so enthused is having had more than enough moments of magic and hilarity to counteract the frequent despair!

A round for my birthday was organised in January, with three friends. One can play, the other two not so much. The better player has started winding me up in recent months, and despite usually finding his good-natured ribbing hilarious myself, it's caused me to duff plenty of shots. I'd bought an R11 3wood just after Christmas, as I'd only been playing irons all year, and hit it brilliantly during a round alone. I thought - this is gonna help me whoop his ass! Needless to say, come my birthday, 200yard slices were all I could manage! By the 12th hole, I told my friends I wasn't even scoring any more. I was playing so badly that scoring was spoiling my birthday. So I said there and then, I'm just gonna go for the most spectacular/crazy/hilarious shot of the day. Not that I had anything particular in mind.

Only two holes later, on 14, I was left with 70yards to the pin, on a green starting about ten feet below my elevation, which sloped away further and was split-level too. The flag was on the lower far side. With my relatively new sand wedge, I proceeded to pitch it perfectly and land the ball literally IN the hole! We all stood there dazed for a moment, then all cheered like crazy. It made my day!

Of course, having declared my intentions, naturally it was skill on my part!!! LOL. I'm sure the sound in my head, somewhat like the cup vacuuming the ball in, was really as it was!

And then just last week, I had the best run of luck ever. The 3wood was behaving. I out-drove the better player's driver on the 1st. Got my first ever eagle on the 2nd, having driven 240+ with 3wood into a blind front of green bunker, then picked the ball off the sand so cleanly with my lob wedge and rolled it into the hole. (Stopped to take a celebratory photo! LOL). Another perfect 3wood on the 3rd, resulting in a birdie, then two pars to follow, again from fantastic 3woods from the tee. The first of those pars was only an inch from being a birdie. So I was -3 for a few holes. Doubt that'll ever happen again!

I have an R11 driver being delivered tomorrow. Having just typed all this, I'm not really sure why?!!!

04-29-2012, 08:57 PM	#22
thomaskkk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 518 Senior Member	Having only come back to the game a year ago, I've gone golf mad this year. I think what's got me so enthused is having had more than enough moments of magic and hilarity to counteract the frequent despair! A round for my birthday was organised in January, with three friends. One can play, the other two not so much. The better player has started winding me up in recent months, and despite usually finding his good-natured ribbing hilarious myself, it's caused me to duff plenty of shots. I'd bought an R11 3wood just after Christmas, as I'd only been playing irons all year, and hit it brilliantly during a round alone. I thought - this is gonna help me whoop his ass! Needless to say, come my birthday, 200yard slices were all I could manage! By the 12th hole, I told my friends I wasn't even scoring any more. I was playing so badly that scoring was spoiling my birthday. So I said there and then, I'm just gonna go for the most spectacular/crazy/hilarious shot of the day. Not that I had anything particular in mind. Only two holes later, on 14, I was left with 70yards to the pin, on a green starting about ten feet below my elevation, which sloped away further and was split-level too. The flag was on the lower far side. With my relatively new sand wedge, I proceeded to pitch it perfectly and land the ball literally IN the hole! We all stood there dazed for a moment, then all cheered like crazy. It made my day! Of course, having declared my intentions, naturally it was skill on my part!!! LOL. I'm sure the sound in my head, somewhat like the cup vacuuming the ball in, was really as it was! And then just last week, I had the best run of luck ever. The 3wood was behaving. I out-drove the better player's driver on the 1st. Got my first ever eagle on the 2nd, having driven 240+ with 3wood into a blind front of green bunker, then picked the ball off the sand so cleanly with my lob wedge and rolled it into the hole. (Stopped to take a celebratory photo! LOL). Another perfect 3wood on the 3rd, resulting in a birdie, then two pars to follow, again from fantastic 3woods from the tee. The first of those pars was only an inch from being a birdie. So I was -3 for a few holes. Doubt that'll ever happen again! I have an R11 driver being delivered tomorrow. Having just typed all this, I'm not really sure why?!!!
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