Worst shot under pressure?

Bob Pelz

Whats the worst shot you've ever hit under pressure?

Mine was in a Barton Cup match, it was 2-2 and i was playing in the last match and we were one down playing the last. Our opponents were on the green in three and we were 90 yards away in one. I was so nervous completely misjudged and left it 20 yards short! We halved the hole in 5.

Also was 6up thru 10 holes in the club match play and lost on the 19th against my dad!

Still trying to get over that one!

conno16

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gerry28

In the first and second year after i began playing golf i hated going onto the first tee for the saturday competitions.

There was always about 20 or 30 people waiting on the practice green. More than once I top heeled my drive and it trickled onto the practice green.

The first time it happended was hidiously embarrassing because I had to seek advice as to how to play it.

Its funny now seeing other beginners go through the same.... you just know the pressure they are putting themselves under.

thoscon

im absolutely woeful under pressure .i joined a society this year 4times i was runner up,id b playing well and starting to think that id b in with a chance and low and behold id scratch 2 or 3 of the last few holes missing out by the odd point.
Id been playing very well leading up to captains day but put myself under that much pressure i scratched the 1st 2 holes on captains day and finished with 28pts worst score of the year.

goin into the last outing i was leading golfer of the year and was feeling nervy on the 1st and ending up scratching it but managed to turn it round and win the golfer of the year
i think ive this pressure thing sorted now:D:D

stockdam

I tend to blot these out of my head........thanks.


I was level going down the last hole of a tight match. I put my 2nd into a bunker just beside the green. I'm a good bunker player so I fancied my chances of getting up and down. It was likely that a bogey would half the hole.

So what do I do but thin it and away the ball flew onto the clubhead roof and out of bounds. I was so annoyed with myself that I conceded.

BigAl>>

Was playing in the society match play and was drawn against the president:eek:(everyone had me written off from the start).

After 17 i was only 1 down...... made a long put from the edge of the green to take the 18th leaving us all square:D. Headed over to the 1st tee and was feeling in great form(thought I had the fecker).... teed up the ball, grabbed the 3 wood (thinking I play safe) smack the ball and instead of sending it sailing dwn the fairway like I had been all day ..... I fecking toed it and sent it squirting miles away to the right onto the steepest hill on the course:mad::mad::mad:..... cracked under pressure and then lost the head for the 2nd and it was game over.

Benny Cake

Playing the heritage last year at a charity event there was a massive crowd at the first tee & I was SERIOUSLY nervous. There was a gale blowing behind me and I absolutely sliced the hole off my ball, it honestly traveled about 350 yards way right and broke a skylight in one of the swanky houses overlooking the course........ to say I was scarlet is an understatement!!!

spacecoyote

has anyone ever played heritage & not had a gale blowing???

Curly7

Level going down the 17th in the semi final of the club match play. My opponent pulled his drive left off the tee into rough before a lake on the left, I split the fairway with my best drive of the day. He missed the green with his 2nd shot and I only had about 125 yards into the green standing over my 2nd shot. For some reason I start thinking don't shank it right or you're in trouble (don't know why that got in to my head all of a sudden!) anyway I done the exact opposite and hooked my shot out of bounds. He won the 17th with a bogey, we halved 18 with 2 pars and he went on to win the final afterwards!

The_Kew_Tour

the one that most sticks out in my mind is when I was in my first year as student membership fees so I was able play all mens competitions the year was 1997 and I was playing of 16 in which i went from 14 to 18 handicap but then did well in competition and got it down

At the time 16 was fair enough handicap although i was young and well knew it would go down eventually

Anyway played competition in Mitchelstown played first 7 holes in 2 under par I was flying then came to the 8th and the second shot required me to hit shot over th river. I was there telling myself take extra club bogey here was no disaster by any means.

But only thing I was thinking about was the river and what happens I catch it fat and its swim time for my golf ball. I think i ended up something like 25 over par was utter disaster from there on in.

Problem was I got too good start and started to think ahead of myself and maybe the score I might produce. I was not thinking of breaking par but taught at time thinking i might be shooting unreal stableford score too. maybe 1 or 2 over

thankfully I have learned quite bit. Im pretty good under pressure especially in matchplay

G1032

Barton Shield. Was going through a dose of the shanks in the weeks leading up to it but I had gotten a couple of lessons and felt they were out of my system. 2nd hole, partner left me in the middle of the fairway, wedge distance out, and yep, I shanked it. Under a tree. I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. Didn't have another one for the rest of the round though!!!:)

storybud22

my worst shot under pressure was in an open singles had 39 points down last hit two nice shots on par 5 and had left 95 yards a flick of pw, i ended up hitting it fat, knocked in the hazard and ended up with an 8. it was disgraceful as it is strongest part of my game and top it off i finished 3rd in tournament.

Mr check raise

this is the first year ive really played competitive golf and ive had a few shocking blow ups. first was in jimmy bruen, we were level after 15 and we came to a nice par 3. i knew the yardage and club cos ive played it loads of times so it was a nice 8 iron. Only i shanked it into trees, and the round fell apart.

I also had 3 yes that is 3 shocking shots in the boards matchplay.it eat at me for a while cos i really through a couple of games away. The first round against obni we were level with one to play and i hit a screamer of a drive on 18th in Druds heath into the wind, cut eh corner and everything. only had a little knockdown 9 iron while obni went from bunker to bunker. only i caught it fat and dunked it into sand in front of green. was pure lucky to hole the 20 footer for the win

Again in matchplay gainst denisoc in the second round in castlemartyr i was one up going down the last. another beauty of a drive, hole was 475 yards and denisoc was short in two while i had 160 down hill downwind to go. it was right inbetween clubs so went for easy 8 and just didnt followthrough. ended up 5 yards short with me and Denisoc side by side. he got up and down i didnt and he won the 19th. i should have went with my gut and busted the 9

The third was against mscull in highfield. we had done the maths before the round and for one of to through we had to win 3&2 to leapfrog denis. cue some aggresive golf from the both of us and a couple of good up and downs but i had the edge when we game to 15th where i was 2 up, but he had a shot on me. after a couple of duffs from the lad i was firmly int driving seat with a 9 iron from 140 for my second. aim for the left of pin i said but a huge slice OB and there goes my aspirations of winning

so thats my four shockin shots with my short irons out of the way

Nigel Farage

Playing in an open competition at my local course, round progressing nicely until got to the par four 17th. I hit a nice dive to about 30 yards before the lake in front of the hole. A simple sand wedge chip over the lake was all that was required, done it a hundred times before, only this time duffed it straight in.

Mr check raise

Nigel Farage wrote: »

Playing in an open competition at my local course, round progressing nicely until got to the par four 17th. I hit a nice dive to about 30 yards before the lake in front of the hole. A simple sand wedge chip over the lake was all that was required, done it a hundred times before, only this time duffed it straight in.

aragh we've all done that. thats nothing special!

GreeBo

12th hole in Grange during the final of the Bloom Cup
Short par 4 with a two tiered green, upper tier at the front and the flag was here today.
Nice drive leaving me 50m to green, decided to play a chip and run instead of lobbing it and stopping it on the first tier for safety (nothing at all due to the crowd behind the green!)
3 chip and runs later and Im just short of the green

madds

GreeBo wrote: »

3 chip and runs later and Im just short of the green

Sorry GreeBo, but I can just picture that.

I've had countless bad shots, but the most recent 'worst selection' of a shot was when we played a Metro Cup match against the K-Club (Palmer) last May. We had 5 matches away and I was in the last group. I was 4 down turning but managed to get back to 1 down playing 18. I had won 17 so had the honour and hit a good drive just short of the last bunker at the top of the hill. My opponent found a bunker 20 yards further back. His second left him about 150 yards short of the green.

So I took out a 5-iron and decided to lay up, thinking I had a decent chance of getting up and down and forcing extra time. Ended up not committing to the shot and finding a bunker 120 yards from the green. Opponent hits into the greenside trap and I follow him in with my 3rd shot. I leave my bunker shot 30 feet short and he knocks one out to 15 feet leaving an uphill putt. I then roll my downhill putt in to the cheers of our support....but he follows me in to halve the hole and close out the match.

To this day I cannot fathom why I didn't blast a hybrid to the back right of the green and more than likely 2-putt. The number of times I've spent wondering 'what if' since then must be in the 100's.

GreeBo

madds wrote: »

Sorry GreeBo, but I can just picture that.

I still do...in bed at night...

madds wrote: »

The number of times I've spent wondering 'what if' since then must be in the 100's.

I think you made the right choice. If your opponent is in trouble then you shouldnt take on a risky shot. More often than not your choice would have prevailed.

There is however, nothing like being the guy with nothing to lose and pulling out the 3 wood or driver off the deck and flushing it.... <apparently!>

PhilipMarlowe

madds was staring at me so I chunked a 70 yard gap wedge that I should have stitched in the Barton Cup final... still made par though and we all had ice cream.

This year my 'bad shots' were more 'brutal holes' where I racked up the numbers... not really under pressure either but more when I fell asleep at the wheel

PhilipMarlowe

Oh yeah, put it in the bunker on the 16th in Cill Dara in the Leinster Mixed Foursomes quarter final with a short iron from the fairway when we had just gained some momentum in our match (just back to a/s)... ended up losing 1 down on 18
Now I has

Mister Sifter

I was playing foursomes with my old dear. She's a 35 handicapper, but knocked a 3 wood into a par 5 to leave an 8 footer for birdie. She told me as we were walking to the green 'you'd better bloody hole that'. Now that's pressure...

Of course i rattled it 4 foot past and left her a left-to-righter back which she duly missed. No sooner had i tapped in that i got a good old fashioned hand across the back of the head!

madds

Licksy wrote: »

madds was staring at me so I chunked a 70 yard gap wedge that I should have stitched in the Barton Cup final... still made par though and we all had ice cream.

"You will duff this pitch Licksy....you will duff this pitch". Hey presto it worked. Pity I haven't mastered my control of the dark side of the Force and you were pretty much untouchable form there on in.

Snakey

I can't separate my two worst shots under pressure, as they were identical and happened within about 30 seconds of each other.

Played a lot of pitch and putt as a youngster. Playing in an open competition in St.Bridgets, Kilcullen as a 15 year old I was having the round of my life, 8 under through 16 when my mind wandered, I started seeing my name in lights, and me in some club surrrounded by busty champagne-swilling pitch&putt groupies

Bogeyed 17 and then hit two identical tee shots one after the other into stream on 18 (played 3 off the tee), finishing with a triple-bogey 6 and missed out completely on the prizes

Blunder

mine was in Monthly medal. Came off 17 on a tough day needing a par on the last for a 66. Hit a poor drive into the right rough but pull a brilliant lie and pulled out my 5 iron. Tried to lean on it and pulled the shot to the left for the bunker, or so I thought! when i got up to the green the ball was tight up against a wall from the 1st tee. Had to take a drop and was left with a tough chip which i didnt get up and down. Took 7 and missed the prizes by a shot and 1st by 2. I thought on the 18th tee that I had to make birdie and tried to force it. Ya couldnt talk to me for a few days after that!

Atlantic1

A few years ago, in a Purcell match, 4 down with 7 to play and having the worst round of my life, I cleared a green by 30 yards and went out of bounds. When my partner asked, "In the name of God, what did you hit there?", I realised that the "9" I had seen on the iron before I hit it was actually a 6!

Osgoodisgood

This is not actually mine but I was there when it happened to a great pal of mine. We were playing the final of a junior interclub competition in Brisbane many years ago and there was a big crowd around the first tee watching each pairing heading out. My friend who was a talented player but a very nervous starter managed to pull off the impossible by making such thin contact with his driver that the ball went 90 degrees right, hit the "Welcome to Gailes Golf Club" sign and shot straight behind us, over the 18th green and 50 yards back down the 18th. The only person not to laugh was his opponent who didn't know where to look.

In the movies my pal would have made a remarkable comeback and won with a brave birdie on the last. He didn't. He lost heavily.

Mr. Larson

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

In the movies my pal would have made a remarkable comeback and won with a brave birdie on the last. He didn't. He lost heavily.

LOL