Hole in One

padzer

Had my first hole-in-one today, absolutely buzzing. Was playing fairly rubbish in Dublin Mountain's Open Comp, until the 209meter 16th hole....I have had a few in pitch and putt and a few close calls in golf but to see it drop was unreal.

Rikand

Congrats! - There's nothing quite like making a hole in one!

Layinghen

Congratulations. Presume you bought drinks for everybody in the clubhouse :P

padzer

Layinghen wrote: »

Congratulations. Presume you bought drinks for everybody in the clubhouse :P

Ha well i would have, if they had a bar. Got my playing partners a few cans just to acknowledge it.

GreeBo

padzer wrote: »

Had my first hole-in-one today, absolutely buzzing. Was playing fairly rubbish in Dublin Mountain's Open Comp, until the 209meter 16th hole....I have had a few in pitch and putt and a few close calls in golf but to see it drop was unreal.

What on earth were you doing going for it?!:D
Well done!

sodbuster77

Congrats. My wait continues....

ForeRight

Played there yesterday and that's a massive hole into the wind.

Fair play great hit.

I hope to god my first hole in 1 doesn't come on that kip of a course as I'd just feel dirty celebrating it

padzer

ForeRight wrote: »

Played there yesterday and that's a massive hole into the wind.

Fair play great hit.

I hope to god my first hole in 1 doesn't come on that kip of a course as I'd just feel dirty celebrating it

haha, ah it's not that bad. Thats twice i have played it now and the previous time I collected my first prize in an open. So i wont have a bad word said about it....:)

Gin77

padzer wrote: »

Had my first hole-in-one today, absolutely buzzing. Was playing fairly rubbish in Dublin Mountain's Open Comp, until the 209meter 16th hole....I have had a few in pitch and putt and a few close calls in golf but to see it drop was unreal.

Well done must have been some shot, what club did you hit?

sydneybound

padzer wrote: »

Had my first hole-in-one today, absolutely buzzing. Was playing fairly rubbish in Dublin Mountain's Open Comp, until the 209meter 16th hole....I have had a few in pitch and putt and a few close calls in golf but to see it drop was unreal.

Congrats fella, great feeling isnt it.

I had one two years ago but didnt actually see the ball drop into the hole as the green is slightly elevated. It had a very good hop forward then the lads on the next tee started jumping up and down shouting. Still didnt buy them a drink as I was only practising!

Would have been great to see it holed but was nice all the same.

padzer

Gin77 wrote: »

Well done must have been some shot, what club did you hit?

Faded a 3 wood, wind was into the face off the right which held it straight, 1 hop and rolled on in.

Gin77

padzer wrote: »

Faded a 3 wood, wind was into the face off the right which held it straight, 1 hop and rolled on in.

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"

TrapperChamonix

padzer wrote: »

Faded a 3 wood, wind was into the face off the right which held it straight, 1 hop and rolled on in.

You'll be able to picture that shot the rest of your life. Some things never get erased from the memory bank

Senecio

It sounds like a cracking shot. Congratulations, one to remember.

razorblunt

Congrats!
Only come close once myself and it was such a bad shot I'd have trouble celebrating it!

PARlance

Congrats, that hole is the closest I've ever came to one and it took me a driver off the tee in one of my first ever rounds!

SnowDrifts

Well done OP. I didn't get to see the only hole in one I've had because I turned away in disgust at how bad the shot was.

Ilik Urgee

Well done OP. Even nicer when it was the shot you meant to play:)
Had one myself 3 years ago will never forget it. Might have birdied that hole once since:o

padzer

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

Well done OP. Even nicer when it was the shot you meant to play:)
Had one myself 3 years ago will never forget it. Might have birdied that hole once since:o

Ha, i can imagine the next time i step up to it.... "sure this one is easy, faded 3wood wasn't "

Ilik Urgee

padzer wrote: »

Ha, i can imagine the next time i step up to it.... "sure this one is easy, faded 3wood wasn't "

It almost feels like the hole owes you at least a par, alas she still holds you firmly in her grasp:D

PARlance

padzer wrote: »

Ha, i can imagine the next time i step up to it.... "sure this one is easy, faded 3wood wasn't "

Yip, only next time the wind will be with you and the 3 woods ends up putting a hole in one window of the clubhouse!

jukebox2310

Congrats on that. Can only dream of seeing one of them drop

m r c

Nice one, I don't know the course but it doesn't sound like a gimme par at that length. Anytime I have the 3 wood in hand I'm damn happy to be putting after the swing :-) never mind picking it out of the jar.

On a side note I always visualise a hole in one on par 3's, hadn't worked yet but it will ;-)

ProV

padzer wrote: »

Had my first hole-in-one today, absolutely buzzing. Was playing fairly rubbish in Dublin Mountain's Open Comp, until the 209meter 16th hole....I have had a few in pitch and putt and a few close calls in golf but to see it drop was unreal.

Well Done Padzer on the Hole in one, one of the toughest par 3 Holes in the Dublin area ! If you look at Howdidido.com you will see that it was playing an average 4.02 on the day.
Were you chomping on the Mushrooms up there, before that shot ? .....
http://www.dublinmountaingolf.com/index_Page2020.htm

PARlance

I would have thought that 4.02 would be an "average" average for a Par 3.
All depends on the standard of players obviously, but assuming it wasn't an abnormal distribution towards lower guys, 4.02 seems standard.
Our par 3's float between 3.8 - 4.2 from a quick check.

It's long Par 3, only played it the once and I took a driver into the wind. (I'd like to think I'd manage it in a 3wood now in same wind)

ProV

Good point AJ
I was just trying to qualify how hard the Hole was playing that day, only 9 pars, no birdies and 1 Albatross (ish):eek:
Padzer must have hit the once in a lifetime 3 wood to have one hop and drop it, for the hole in one

PARlance

ProV wrote: »

Good point AJ
I was just trying to qualify how hard the Hole was playing that day, only 9 pars and 1 Albatross:eek:
Padzer must have hit the once in a lifetime 3 wood to have one hop and drop it, for the hole in one

i get ya, but its an eagle ProV, you can't have an albatross on a Par 3

ProV

Doh.... :pac:
All the talk of 4 averages, I was getting conflustered.
Or was it beer doing the talking / Typing

Bill Oddie would have me shot

as Father Ted might say "these Par 3's are close" ~~~~~ "This one is very far away" ~~~~~

padzer

ProV wrote: »

Well Done Padzer on the Hole in one, one of the toughest par 3 Holes in the Dublin area ! If you look at Howdidido.com you will see that it was playing an average 4.02 on the day.
Were you chomping on the Mushrooms up there, before that shot ? .....
http://www.dublinmountaingolf.com/index_Page2020.htm

Haha, at least i got some kudos i guess.

shaneon77

Congrats on the hole in 1! you can revisit it mentally for months and it'll help.
I heard about a lad having a hole in 1 in match play and only halving the hole as his opponent had a shot and made the birdie.. you'd be sick.

millerj

shaneon77 wrote: »

Congrats on the hole in 1! you can revisit it mentally for months and it'll help.
I heard about a lad having a hole in 1 in match play and only halving the hole as his opponent had a shot and made the birdie.. you'd be sick.

Time to admit defeat at that stage and pack up in my opinion.....

TrapperChamonix

shaneon77 wrote: »

Congrats on the hole in 1! you can revisit it mentally for months and it'll help.
I heard about a lad having a hole in 1 in match play and only halving the hole as his opponent had a shot and made the birdie.. you'd be sick.

I was having a friendly 4 ball matchplay (so I thought). We were 2 up standing on the 16th tee and I had a shot on the coming hole. I hit a perfect 7 iron for a hole in 1. The reaction of one of my opponents was "Even if I get a hole in one, I'd still loose the hole".

Sean_pop

padzer wrote: »

Had my first hole-in-one today, absolutely buzzing. Was playing fairly rubbish in Dublin Mountain's Open Comp, until the 209meter 16th hole....I have had a few in pitch and putt and a few close calls in golf but to see it drop was unreal.

Congratulations!!!

Welcome to the club :cool:

GreeBo

OP is probably over it now...given it was nearly 10 months ago!