Exactly victory. Amazingly, almost inexplicably, in my 7 years of working on the maintenance crew I've never been struck by a golf ball hit by someone while working. MANY close calls, but no hits yet, thank goodness. Of course, now that I mention it I'll probably get hit ten times next summer but oh well....
As for the worst shot I've ever hit, it wasn't a "hit" at all!! Earlier in this spring, I was really rusty and had a problem with coming up too early and topping a lot of shots. Well it was actually no problem with my driver since it led me to hitting up into every drive so I was pounding my driver. I paired up with a couple guys on #6, a 485 yard slight dogleg left. Well I hit a nice drive but didn't quite carry the dogleg fully on the line I hit it so I had about 210 with a good lie in the rough, slightly uphill lie. The other guys hit their drives and second shots and waited for me to hit. I waited for the green to clear ahead of me and selected a 5 wood for the shot since you have to carry it onto the green or it will roll back down the steep slope fronting the green. I set up, swung and whoosh!! Right over the top of it. Pure whiff!! Oh my, I was so embarrassed I didn't know what to do. I hadn't whiffed anything since about the second year I played golf. The other guys were looking away and hadn't noticed so I went back to my bag and grabbed a 9 iron, hitting it quickly so I could be spared the embarrassment of them knowing I had whiffed. Well, the next shot was hardly better: a dead shank across the fairway. From there, I had 150 yards left, but somehow pulled myself together and hit an 8 iron onto the green and two putted. The other guys were like "nice par," and I said "no, bogey." They looked puzzled and I just said "trust me, it was a bogey. Let's leave it at that." That was a terrible sequence of events. It was the beginning of my battle with the 5 wood over this summer, which it ulimately lost out on sometime in July. Maybe I should get it reshafted and try it again
It was the beginning of my battle with the 5 wood over this summer, which it ulimately lost out on sometime in July. Maybe I should get it reshafted and try it again
May I suggest a slightly "longer" shaft? That would help solve the whiff problem!
speaking of greenkeepers gettin hit
the guy that mows our fairways thinks he's bulletproof
he just calls you up and keeps on mowing .
he's been hit a few times but this one day he called this old guy up
the old guy jokingly plumb bobs the tractor with his driver , takes aim , and wham
the ball went thru the grill between the headlights
was so funny the greenkeeper got him to sign beside the hole with a permanant marker pen
Maybe not leaguegolf, but I bet it might help me throw it farther next time! In seriousness, I dislike fairway woods so much that I refuse to reshaft that club. It will sit beside my broken three wood (which I did replace) unless someone I know wishes to reshaft it and use it.
speaking of greenkeepers gettin hit
the guy that mows our fairways thinks he's bulletproof
he just calls you up and keeps on mowing .
he's been hit a few times but this one day he called this old guy up
the old guy jokingly plumb bobs the tractor with his driver , takes aim , and wham
the ball went thru the grill between the headlights
was so funny the greenkeeper got him to sign beside the hole with a permanant marker pen
That's a funny story! I'll be plumb bobbing tractors from now on myself!
Haha, a funny story. One of the guys who mows our fairways is a total jerk and the other is inobservant, so they often are mowing while golfers are teeing off. Needless to say, they get hit quite often. Although I never like to see anyone hit. We had one guy get knocked clean off his mower while he was mowing approaches by a guy who wouldn't wait the 30 seconds for him to finish his pass and get out of the way. Those kind of people drive me insane, I just want to throttle them :mad:
If I was mowing and somebody took a shot at me.....I'd have an old club and a few balls riding shotgun with me. Then I'd jump off, tee a few up, and start rapid firing balls back at them! Think that might make'em scatter?
btw , the old guy was a lefty with the usual lefty slice
he didnt actually try to hit the tractor
in fact the greeny tried to dogde it but the ball just kept zeroing in on him
like a bullet with his name on it .
Yeah, that'd do the trick and I've thought of doing it before. Most of the guys at the course I work at are a)old and b)terrible and are hitting at us with 5 woods from 120 yards so a nice full pitching wedge might scatter the majority of them. People just don't realize that we are doing our job and don't want to be in their way any more than they want us in their way. If they just be patient while we are mowing the first green we can get out of their way and they won't have any problems with us the rest of the round. If we have to wait for them they will be waiting for us on #2, #3, #4 and so on so what would they rather have? A wait on one hole or a wait on three subsequent holes? Besides, what good does it do to hit balls at us? Should they hit us they will at least be dealing with an angry greenskeeper if not a seriously injured one. It's never a good idea to antagonize the grounds crew. Remember, WE set the pin positions
calm down hahaha
the greeny thinks he's bulletproof
and WAVES everyone to hit over his head
the lights are on but i dont think anyone's home .
he did get a scare when he waved the #2 guy in the club thru last week , he was 300yards from the tee and had a ball FLY over his head , and past him by almost 100yrds
I am perfectly calm. I realize that you were joking around with the tale and it IS a funny story. The guy is just crazy I guess
But I was just flipping the coin to the other side and letting you know that it isn't funny when someone hits at us, especially when we aren't expecting it
My worst shot was last year in a high school tournament. My best friend and I were playing in the first group with two beginners and we were just having a good time. I was 1 under through 6 holes and he was even. The 7th hole was a 380 yard par 4 and everyone hit their drives in the fairway while I hooked mine OB :mad: .
After re-teeing with a 3 wood, I had 125 left to the pin. The guys were up beside the green so they waved me up. I hit a really ****** shot with a PW that flew right towards them. I yelled FORE, and everybody covered their heads and ducked. The ball went right through my friends fingers and nailed him on the head, bouncing OB again . He immediately dropped to the ground in agony, so we sent one of the guys to get a cart so that we could drive him back to the club house. He layed motionless on the groundfor a while, but came to when I tried to get him to wake up. What an intense moment !
After resting for a few minutes, my friend decided to keep playing. When the guy from the other school arrived with the cart, we told him that we didn't need it anymore. Being a little frustrated he floored it, and because the ground was wet from rain the night before, the cart spun out. He ended up flying out of the cart and had to be taken to hospital (he was fine).
Anyway, I made an 8 on the hole and shot a 78 for the day while my friend went on a tear after the "incident" and shot 71 . It was the scariest and funniest day ever on the golf course.
I think everytime I go out, I hit a shot that could classify as "worst shot ever." I can't stand topping balls with woods and shanks. Skulling shots come a distant third.
Same here victory. To distinguish them I have to go to the "style points". I actually whiffed in the middle of the fairway for the first time in decades earlier this year. 4-wood ...perfect lie. My partner says "that wasn't a practice swing... was it ?" The worst that I can recall though was about 10 years ago with the 4-some behind us watching I topped my drive & hit one of the red tee markers square. It bounced straight back & rolled back down the cart path ... stopped about 40 yards behind me... a real work of art.
The worst shot ever was during our high school state championship meet this year. It was the last hole, and i had just teed off. I hit it strait down the fairway on this 415 yd. par four. i had played pretty solid all day and i was informed by my coach all i needed to do was par the whole and i would make it into a playoff, and we could possibly win state! The green on the last hole at Briarwood Golf Club is extemely hilly and the pin was tucked in the back left, near the sand. Being the dumby i am i pulled it into the sand. I got to the trap and I wasn't surprised to see a fried eGG. I managed to hit it to about eight feet. I studied the putt from every angle. Then i hit it. I left it just hanging off the lip, SHORT!!!!!!! I was so mad i had just screwed it up for my team. signed my card and went directly to the putting green and putted alone until it was dark.
Any shot the flys through nothing but AIR!!!...........especially on a saturday as it'll cost a jug for the table (along with not past the ladies tee, out of bounds, and 4-putts, and, of course, the haggle). Most I've had to front up with is three, the record for the group is eight
September 20th, 2004, 12:17 AM
. He immediately dropped to the ground in agony, so we sent one of the guys to get a cart so that we could drive him back to the club house. He layed motionless on the groundfor a while, but came to when I tried to get him to wake up. What an intense moment 
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The worst that I can recall though was about 10 years ago with the 4-some behind us watching I topped my drive & hit one of the red tee markers square. It bounced straight back & rolled back down the cart path ... stopped about 40 yards behind me... a real work of art. 
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