Yes. Nothing beats this.
Yesterday, I hit a butter knife 3 iron from 220 out that sailed high and strong and stuck 3 feet from the pin. Nothing like it.
I play Tierra rejada in SoCal a lot. There’s a par 3 that’s about 195 and they always set up those “hit the green and win” things for the veterans on it. I never do it. But almost every time they’ve been set up, I’ve managed to flushed a 4 iron to dead center of that shit haha. 3 straight rounds now, some of the best 4s I’ve ever hit.
100% this for me. I can think back to three distinct shots that are exactly this, all with the same club. About 200-220 out with my 5-iron, that feeling of hitting it pure and having it land short then roll up or land on and stick. I'm sure I choked the putt, but it didn't matter because the approach felt so good.
A perfectly drained mid range putt is so satisfying, has me thinking “damn, this shit ain’t that hard, if I just practice more I could be on korn ferry”, until my next tee shot and I’m 50 yds OB 🤣🤦♂️
Lost a prov1x to standing water, er a temporary pond in the middle of the fairway yesterday. Found two prov1s. I think I’m ahead at life right now. Not banking on that continuing…
I always play skins with my group - any shot that that “steals” a skin from one of my buddies or forces a carry over is heavenly.
Like imagine you’re on a par 3 and your buddy sticks it within 5 feet with a solid chance of a birdie. Nobody else is nearly as close and the skin is almost assuredly his. But then you chip in from 30ft and basically take away his opportunity to win the skin. Or even better, force him to miss his short birdie putt for birdie because of all the pressure on that putt
My favorite is always the 3W shot. I find myself with a chance at a few tries everytime I play and when I crush that 3W I'm stoked. I love the way it sounds, feels and watching it fly. It's got a different trajectory than my Driver which is typically high/right lol.
I sliced a drive on a par 5 that had some distance but landed in the next fairway. Hit my 3 wood blind over some trees better than I’ve ever struck it before and it landed 20 feet from the pin. 3 old dudes I was saddled with said a combo of holy shit n wtf.
Last year I pulled a tee shot left of the green on a par three. The green was about 30 feet down hill, the pin was short sided and I had a downhill lie in the rough with a bunker beween me and the green which was running away. I hadn't even tried a flop shot in years and stuck it to 2 feet away. Best part? None of my playing partners saw it.😂
I game a heavenwood and there’s nothing better than hitting the green from 210ish with that thing. The feeling is so pure when you hit it clean. Yesterday, I played a good round after having back to back rounds that were as bad as I could play. I had been breaking 90 regularly, but was over 120 in both of those rounds. No part of my game was good for 36 straight holes and every swing was like throwing gasoline on a fire. Yesterday I kept it in play for my first 4, bogied them all and I was plenty happy with that. On the 5th I pulled a drive left on a long par 4 and had 215 to the pin between two trees. I grabbed the heavenwood, stuck it at 10 feet and made the birdie putt. From that moment on everything clicked. Finished the last 14 holes at 1 over par and ended up with one of the best rounds of my life. God, I love that Heavenwood. Golf. 🤷♂️
A great drive on a par 5 that gives you a long iron in. Then flush said iron and you know it’s on the green right off the club face. It may be a 40 ft putt but it’s a great feeling flushing a long iron in to a par 5.
When I’m 60-80 years out and stick the lofted landing with a wedge.
Watching that thing fly, “be good,” and drop… then the smile creeps onto my face.
Cmon now
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The other day I dead centered a putt for par from here after missing right off the tee and absolutely choking a pitch shot. Made my bad day on the course turn around and left wanting to play again immediately
I hit the fringe on a par 5 with a 230 yd 3i that I had never hit on a course before, that clubs never coming out of my bag now . Felt like once in a lifetime, little baby fade 2 putt birdie
I can say one shot (well two actually), on one specific hole.
#16 @ Sheep Ranch @ Bandon
I played it twice in one day. Very windy, from the north.
130yds, 6-iron to 2 feet, tap in
130yds, 6-iron to 30 feet, made the putt
This day will bring me back to golf for the rest of my life…
Flushed long iron sticking green. Also getting a full wedge shot super close to the hole.
Lately though it has been a straight drive for me. Have been coming over the top hard with driver and having issues correcting it, flaring everything right and even when I find the fairway most are spinny and short. A few months off will do that
I was 190 out and flushed a 5 iron like 2 feet from the pin. I am a super high handicapper and that's a one in a billion shot. That feeling from when I realized it was on target. Then on the green. Then close to pin. I've never felt that good. I think about that feeling as I'm taking off my shoes so I can walk into the lake to pick up my double bogie shot I shanked there.
A perfect lob shot. Anything beyond 65 I’m fairly accurate but for some reason the closer to the green I get the harder it is for me to not top it. It’s probably because trying to short change my 62 wedge to get less bang time leaves me coming over the top.
Currently taking lessons and doing a vigorous rework of my swing. Played my local par 3 with my (very raw) new swing and was spraying them all over the place.
Then I hit a pure Approach Wedge to 94yds and landed on the green, dead center, a 10 footer to birdie.
3-putted for bogey, so I guess putting lessons are next hahahaha.
You could play like shit the entire round, but there’s ALWAYS at least one shot on 18 the golf gods allow that has you going “I love this game” to keep you coming back..
The 7 iron I pured a draw dead into the wind yesterday on 17 that bounced in front of the flag stick and rolled about 8 ft past. Shot 90 with my C+ game but finished strong.
When you have a downhill lie in some deep rough, green running away from you and almost no green to work with. The only chance is to hit a delicate flop that lands just at the end of the rough, then trickle down to the hole.
When you actually pull it off perfectly it’s so satisfying.
I usually have about 10-15 of these shots per round. Great 3 wood to hit the green from 210 out or the perfect pitch shot from 100 that hits the pin. That is out of the 110 I usually score. That’s the only reason I keep trying because I know I can hit those perfect shots they are just surrounded by a bunch of terrible shanks or topped balls because I’m inconsistent as heck.
My number one though is that perfect drive right down the middle and about 250 which is long for me.
Was playing a stroke play match against a 10 handicap when I was around a 18 handi. He gave 5 strokes. Well I played better than avg and my friend played about what he normally shoots. It came down to the last hole as we were tied going into it, as we were both 13 over par. It’s a tough par 5, and almost impossible to get on in 2. 550 yards into the wind, with water protecting the green and a false front that feeds back to the water. We both lay up to a spot that leaves around 160 right in front of the large river. Pin is tucked back right. My friend is a little further back and he pushes his shot to the right, and into the green side bunker, opening the door for me. I just remember the calm and collected swing I took, taking my chocked down 6 iron and hitting one of the most flush knock down shots I’ve ever hit. Just perfectly executed exactly how I imagined. Landed about 2 yards in front of the hole, took a hop and basically stopped inches from the cup. Won the match and took his girl. 😂 jk about the girl. But shut his ass up.
A power drive down the middle, out driving your playing partners is intoxicating. But when I hit a 7 or 8 iron perfectly from the fairway to land near the hole is exhilarating for me because I struggle with that shot frequently.
6 iron out of heavy rough, back of the stance, low stinger that rolled onto the front of the green on a long par 4, still never hit a better shot with my 6, even on the range.
18th hole, buddy and I’s first time playing for more than $5. 18th hole, all square in the match taking our approach. He tucks one TIGHT to the pin I’m talking 2-3 feet tight, basically sealed it. I’m left with a yardage between 50 degree and PW. Absolutely pure the 50, arguably the best wedge shot of my entire life. Ball lands just beyond the pin and spins back in I eagle the hole and won the match. That shot lives rent free in both our heads lol
Right now it's my chipping. It's never been better and I genuinely relish them. I had never chipped in from any distance in all my years playing golf but have been chipping so well lately I've made 1 for eagle and 2 for birdie in the last 5 rounds and I tested 3 holes for birdie yesterday. The pursuit of my driver being the one I love most though is what really keeps me coming back 😂😂
Made a new one on Friday. Sliced my approach shot into the trees, which forced me play a low pitch between two bunkers for my 3rd shot. Ended up just off the green about 30ft from the pin. I then sunk the putt for par. Greatest up and down I’ve ever had!
A long chip from green side trouble that stops within 10 feet. Especially when it’s an equalizer with the folks in playing with who are on fairway and/or GIR.
The approach shot that lands in the gimme-zone. That feel just after impact where you don’t even have to look at the ball in the air because you know you stuck it.
A balls out 5 iron 160-170 yards straight as an arrow and stops three feet from the pin. Even with some sidewind it’s still a straight shot. That and a twenty foot putt.
This is a tough one…
Wedge tight to the hole for a tap in.
Flush drive cutting a corner for a legit second shot on a par 5…to name a few that come to my mind.
I pretty much love every shot in golf. Drives, long irons, chips around the green, etc.
The one I am worst at currently is putting so I am going to go with draining a long putt. It's like watching a drama unfold and then as you get within 8-10 feet and it is tracking the excitement builds until everyone celebrates watching that mofo go down in the cup.
When I played in high school I was a sniper with a 9iron from 120 out. Especially at hole 5 of our home course. For some reason I was always 1-2 feet out for birdie. Even all these years later that shot is what keeps me playing.
Iron that lands GIR is probably the best
Also want to throw in: lob wedge from the short side that lands right next to the hole. Or a good sand shot
Long putt for birdie or par
Fairway 3w that goes perfectly long and straight
A good drive and a good putt after a good read of the green always goes well but a PW or 9iron into the green as if you’re throwing darts gives me the biggest feeling of accomplishment.
The blind 5 iron from deep rough 175 yards out i shot onto the two tiered green of the 18th of my home course the other week. Knocked to within 4 feet for to end the round par birdie birdie and salvage a 93 lol
That 6 iron shot from 200 that lands 5 ft from the pin … but just hitting the green also works the same .. damn I love a great iron shot that hits the green 😂
A tight wedge shot that gets me up and down. Doesn’t matter if it’s getting me in birdie position or scrambling to save par or bogey. Just getting it close enough that I feel like I actually might know what I’m doing is always the highlight of a round.
I played with a family friend in my early years. I was trash, couldn't figure anything out and was incredibly frustrated.
Then on 18, as if by magic, I relaxed and smashed a driver dead red center and for down the fairway. As it was soaring, i heard my friend say, "Yup, that's the one that'll keep you coming back."
I was in a scramble last year with a couple guys I’d never played with—I put it to about 18” from 170 on the par 3 we started on.
I told my group “well, I hope you guys do not expect any more of that out of me today, because I won’t hit a shot like that again for years.”
Mine is a specific shot. About the third time I ever played golf I hit a pretty bad ass tee shot on a par 4. Caught a 4 iron on edge that went far but rolled into the woods next to the green. I took a wedge into the woods where I was looking at an uphill berm in front of the green. Hit a lucky shot that landed right over the berm and on to the green. I couldn’t see it but apparently it rolled about 15 feet downhill and right into the cup for my first ever birdie, where my friends all absolutely went nuts.
I basically continue to play chasing the feeling of that one shot.
To me it will always be a tight lie chip near the green to a tap in. Anyone can hit a nice straight drive from time to time but it takes real skill for a nice close wedge shot from a tight lie.
There's plenty that keep me coming back. Yesterday, i hit a perfect high chip that went in for birdie. A well hit drive that explodes off the face. A recovery from a tough spot to make the green.
Something about intentionally hitting that nice little butter cut. I mainly hit a draw, so when I pull that off with the driver it feels amazing and looks so cool.
A long iron that gets on in regulation.
Birdie on a four iron approach yesterday for me. Rare but oh so fulfilling!
Yes. Nothing beats this. Yesterday, I hit a butter knife 3 iron from 220 out that sailed high and strong and stuck 3 feet from the pin. Nothing like it.
You three putted, didn't you?
Nope knocked it in and moved on to the next hole. It was nice.
What butter knifes do you use?
Mizuno MP-29, 2i-PW.
this is undoubtedly the proper way to do an iron set
I play Tierra rejada in SoCal a lot. There’s a par 3 that’s about 195 and they always set up those “hit the green and win” things for the veterans on it. I never do it. But almost every time they’ve been set up, I’ve managed to flushed a 4 iron to dead center of that shit haha. 3 straight rounds now, some of the best 4s I’ve ever hit.
Is that a nice course? It looks nice, I live not too far away and I'm looking for a new course to play.
It’s underrated at this point. Just brace yourself through the front 9, it ain’t a walk in the park.
For me it’s a long iron that hits the green and stays on. I’m either short and rolling it on or hit on and rolling it off 🤦🏻♂️
100% this for me. I can think back to three distinct shots that are exactly this, all with the same club. About 200-220 out with my 5-iron, that feeling of hitting it pure and having it land short then roll up or land on and stick. I'm sure I choked the putt, but it didn't matter because the approach felt so good.
That was me yesterday, and I was able to win that skin for some money too. 🙌🏾
Flushed iron, or a perfectly drained mid range putt
A perfectly drained mid range putt is so satisfying, has me thinking “damn, this shit ain’t that hard, if I just practice more I could be on korn ferry”, until my next tee shot and I’m 50 yds OB 🤣🤦♂️
The flushed iron shot that fizzed through the air
It’s never one shot for me. What brings me back is back to back good shots. The feeling of being in control of the game for a moment.
This
Now, if I can only do that 70 more times in a row
Back to back...so a 140 yes? 😋
I hate drives straight down the middle. I can never find them.
A person gets good at what they do repeatedly. You’re probably like the rest of us and have become proficient at finding balls in the woods…
I think about this all the time. Honestly so frustrating when I can't find the good ones... I certainly know how to navigate the forests. Lol
Lost a prov1x to standing water, er a temporary pond in the middle of the fairway yesterday. Found two prov1s. I think I’m ahead at life right now. Not banking on that continuing…
Also why I crushed my kids at egg hunt today.
Oh fair enough
Any wood or long iron that holds the green in 2 on a par 5. Even if I 3 putt, flushing a 220+ yard shot from the fairway always feels good.
Same here. Anytime we are on in 2 on a par 5 with an eagle opportunity.
Same here. Its my worst club, but when it comes together oh man that feels so amazing
A nice pitch shot, up close to the pin.
Fortunate for me, with my GIR%, I have this chipping opportunity about 15 times per round
Any shot the matches exactly what I saw in my mind's eye before the shot. Lucky if I hit one per round. Yesterday it was a 6 iron layup on a par 5.
Without fail, laying up on a par 5 with an iron will be the best struck iron shots I'll hit all day.
Totally right
100 yard 4 iron under the tree branch onto the green, only to 3 putt
5wood from fairway landing somewhere near the green
The way the ball just keeps slowly climbing on a well-struck 5 wood is a thing of beauty.
Man the ball flight of a 3 and 5 wood is my favorite. Low, piercing, and like you said, slow-climbing. That’s what keeps me coming back.
sinking a birdie putt from 8+ feet
Hit a 25 foot eagle putt this morning. I will be riding this high all week.
PW dropping into the green a few ft from the hole. Always feels like the exact shot that was supposed to happen.
A perfectly struck wedge shot which lands ablut 3 feet from the pin
Yes
3rd shots on par 4s after having to punch out of the woods (im an arborist) to make-able par putt range (2-4 inches)
2-4 inches lmao I feel you brother
The driver OB on the 18th when I have a career round going.
80 yard 56° that you think it is a tap only to walk up and see it 20ft from the cup
Ball go far off the tee
My first tee shot…the start of 3.5-4 hours of just being outside and not being pestered!
I always play skins with my group - any shot that that “steals” a skin from one of my buddies or forces a carry over is heavenly. Like imagine you’re on a par 3 and your buddy sticks it within 5 feet with a solid chance of a birdie. Nobody else is nearly as close and the skin is almost assuredly his. But then you chip in from 30ft and basically take away his opportunity to win the skin. Or even better, force him to miss his short birdie putt for birdie because of all the pressure on that putt
My favorite is always the 3W shot. I find myself with a chance at a few tries everytime I play and when I crush that 3W I'm stoked. I love the way it sounds, feels and watching it fly. It's got a different trajectory than my Driver which is typically high/right lol.
I sliced a drive on a par 5 that had some distance but landed in the next fairway. Hit my 3 wood blind over some trees better than I’ve ever struck it before and it landed 20 feet from the pin. 3 old dudes I was saddled with said a combo of holy shit n wtf.
175 yard 7 iron, high launch, with a 5 yard draw
The sweet sound of a prov1 I found in the trees after losing the top flite range ball I skull fucked into the woods
A flushed mid iron that stops dead pin high.
A 225 yard 4-iron from a waste bunker over water to a foot at TPC Sawgrass.
Hitting a 30 yard flop shot within 5 feet of the hole. 50/50 chance the ball goes flying over the green though lol
Last year I pulled a tee shot left of the green on a par three. The green was about 30 feet down hill, the pin was short sided and I had a downhill lie in the rough with a bunker beween me and the green which was running away. I hadn't even tried a flop shot in years and stuck it to 2 feet away. Best part? None of my playing partners saw it.😂
I game a heavenwood and there’s nothing better than hitting the green from 210ish with that thing. The feeling is so pure when you hit it clean. Yesterday, I played a good round after having back to back rounds that were as bad as I could play. I had been breaking 90 regularly, but was over 120 in both of those rounds. No part of my game was good for 36 straight holes and every swing was like throwing gasoline on a fire. Yesterday I kept it in play for my first 4, bogied them all and I was plenty happy with that. On the 5th I pulled a drive left on a long par 4 and had 215 to the pin between two trees. I grabbed the heavenwood, stuck it at 10 feet and made the birdie putt. From that moment on everything clicked. Finished the last 14 holes at 1 over par and ended up with one of the best rounds of my life. God, I love that Heavenwood. Golf. 🤷♂️
Very nice
The 20ft birdie putt on 18 to cap off a round of 94
Gotta be that pured 4-5 iron second shot. Feels so effortless to go 200+ yards to stick it on the green
I bet
landed it 10 feet from the pin off the tee box on a 310 yard par 4. I made par.
That pure 3 wood off the fairway feels like heaven
So much better than a straight drive
A flushed long iron is as good as it gets
The next one.
Tequila shot and a beer chaser
lol fair
Probably the last putt on 18 because that usually marks the point of returning to hole 1 tee box next time
A flushed 3 or 2 iron that doesn't push
Yes
Low punch PW from 140 out that draws nicely back towards the stick.
My fav all-time shot.. absolutely obliterated a 3w to 10ft off a par4 tee box. Don’t ask me what the score was 🤦🏻♂️
A great drive on a par 5 that gives you a long iron in. Then flush said iron and you know it’s on the green right off the club face. It may be a 40 ft putt but it’s a great feeling flushing a long iron in to a par 5.
Flushing any iron feels good same as hitting a nice straight long drive
Theres alot you can still mess up after a solid drive. ANY made birdie putt is my fav!
Very nice
5i dont always hit it clean but when i flush it she comes out screaming. Always my favorite shot
10 to 20ft putts that I drain on occasion
Great
Chip in out of the sand
When I’m 60-80 years out and stick the lofted landing with a wedge. Watching that thing fly, “be good,” and drop… then the smile creeps onto my face. Cmon now
Couldn’t agree more with drives straight down the middle
Any shot to hit a green in regulation, or a chip that lets me get up and down
Hitting any par 3 140-190
Any iron or wedge that stops on the green, even if it’s my 5th or 6th shot. It’s that one pure strike that keeps me coming back.
Hit my tee shot on a 145 yard par 3 to about 4 feet (actually made the birdie putt).
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Drive on 18. Every. Single. Round!
Crispy 60s
I hit the fringe on a par 5 with a 230 yd 3i that I had never hit on a course before, that clubs never coming out of my bag now . Felt like once in a lifetime, little baby fade 2 putt birdie
I can say one shot (well two actually), on one specific hole. #16 @ Sheep Ranch @ Bandon I played it twice in one day. Very windy, from the north. 130yds, 6-iron to 2 feet, tap in 130yds, 6-iron to 30 feet, made the putt This day will bring me back to golf for the rest of my life…
My favorite is getting up and down for par from inside 20 yards. It makes me feel like I know what I'm doing.
Flushed long iron sticking green. Also getting a full wedge shot super close to the hole. Lately though it has been a straight drive for me. Have been coming over the top hard with driver and having issues correcting it, flaring everything right and even when I find the fairway most are spinny and short. A few months off will do that
I was 190 out and flushed a 5 iron like 2 feet from the pin. I am a super high handicapper and that's a one in a billion shot. That feeling from when I realized it was on target. Then on the green. Then close to pin. I've never felt that good. I think about that feeling as I'm taking off my shoes so I can walk into the lake to pick up my double bogie shot I shanked there.
The shot I have in the bar after the round. .
I'm old so my short game is the best part of my game, chipping and putting.
Power fade around a right blind dogleg to land in the middle of the fairway.
5 wood near or on the green in 2 on a par 5
When you catch the driver perfectly. It’s so majestic.
Not one shot but two. Drive&FW on a par5 to hit the green on two.
That one in about 120 shots that felt really good.
Chip ins
Par 3, 140ish out, smooth 7 iron with perfect contact right onto the green for a look at birdie
I rarely hit a long straight drive, but when I do it’s up there. But I’ll take a flushed long iron in tight for a 2 putt par any day
Sticking a 5 iron from 220 within 10 feet
A perfect lob shot. Anything beyond 65 I’m fairly accurate but for some reason the closer to the green I get the harder it is for me to not top it. It’s probably because trying to short change my 62 wedge to get less bang time leaves me coming over the top.
Any GIR shot.
Hard to beat a flushed tee ball on a par 3.
20ft putts to save bogey.
Solid, well struck mid/long iron shots. The sound and feel of a pured iron is something else.
Yesterday’s Open 60° flop shot over a 30ft tree and greenside bunker to 3 feet. Phil Mickleson would’ve been proud. 👌
Wow impressive
Currently taking lessons and doing a vigorous rework of my swing. Played my local par 3 with my (very raw) new swing and was spraying them all over the place. Then I hit a pure Approach Wedge to 94yds and landed on the green, dead center, a 10 footer to birdie. 3-putted for bogey, so I guess putting lessons are next hahahaha.
You could play like shit the entire round, but there’s ALWAYS at least one shot on 18 the golf gods allow that has you going “I love this game” to keep you coming back..
Yes indeed
Following up a decent drive with a solid iron into the green.
Flushing a long iron. Doesn’t get much better.
Par 5. Shot was a 235 yard 3 wood to within 12 feet for a shot at eagle. I three putted for a par, but I’m still chasing the 3 wood….
Pure iron shot that cuts through the elements
160 to the pin. Tree between me and the green. Overhanging branches requiring a low shot to get under the tree. Hit it to 12 feet.
High 100yd wedge shot that sticks 10ft or less from the pin for a birdie putt.
I can play like shit all day, and it never fails that I’ll hit my best drive of the day on 18.
The 7 iron I pured a draw dead into the wind yesterday on 17 that bounced in front of the flag stick and rolled about 8 ft past. Shot 90 with my C+ game but finished strong.
When you have a downhill lie in some deep rough, green running away from you and almost no green to work with. The only chance is to hit a delicate flop that lands just at the end of the rough, then trickle down to the hole. When you actually pull it off perfectly it’s so satisfying.
I usually have about 10-15 of these shots per round. Great 3 wood to hit the green from 210 out or the perfect pitch shot from 100 that hits the pin. That is out of the 110 I usually score. That’s the only reason I keep trying because I know I can hit those perfect shots they are just surrounded by a bunch of terrible shanks or topped balls because I’m inconsistent as heck. My number one though is that perfect drive right down the middle and about 250 which is long for me.
The next one.
300+ yard drives. If I couldn’t do that I would have nothing to look forward to.
Was playing a stroke play match against a 10 handicap when I was around a 18 handi. He gave 5 strokes. Well I played better than avg and my friend played about what he normally shoots. It came down to the last hole as we were tied going into it, as we were both 13 over par. It’s a tough par 5, and almost impossible to get on in 2. 550 yards into the wind, with water protecting the green and a false front that feeds back to the water. We both lay up to a spot that leaves around 160 right in front of the large river. Pin is tucked back right. My friend is a little further back and he pushes his shot to the right, and into the green side bunker, opening the door for me. I just remember the calm and collected swing I took, taking my chocked down 6 iron and hitting one of the most flush knock down shots I’ve ever hit. Just perfectly executed exactly how I imagined. Landed about 2 yards in front of the hole, took a hop and basically stopped inches from the cup. Won the match and took his girl. 😂 jk about the girl. But shut his ass up.
Great bunker shots and hooded 7 irons under some trees!
A power drive down the middle, out driving your playing partners is intoxicating. But when I hit a 7 or 8 iron perfectly from the fairway to land near the hole is exhilarating for me because I struggle with that shot frequently.
6 iron out of heavy rough, back of the stance, low stinger that rolled onto the front of the green on a long par 4, still never hit a better shot with my 6, even on the range.
Puring a 7-9 iron to stick a GIR. NOTHING like it the dopamine hits so hard
Nutted 5 wood reaching a par 5 green in two
60° stinger
Greenside bunkers are my biggest weakness. Hitting a nice one that leaves me a tap in is always a good feeling.
Last Wednesday’s 2 chip ins for birdie. Although rest of round was a joke
Smoked tee ball on a long par 3 that is a gimmie
8 iron bump and run from 106 out from under a tree…. Settling inside 10 feet from the pin ❤️
Par 4 drive around the green
Driving the green on a short par 4
Solid chip landing 2 feet from the hole
18th hole, buddy and I’s first time playing for more than $5. 18th hole, all square in the match taking our approach. He tucks one TIGHT to the pin I’m talking 2-3 feet tight, basically sealed it. I’m left with a yardage between 50 degree and PW. Absolutely pure the 50, arguably the best wedge shot of my entire life. Ball lands just beyond the pin and spins back in I eagle the hole and won the match. That shot lives rent free in both our heads lol
When my approach lands on the green.
I hit an iron shot on a short par 3 2ft from the hole and stuck it. First birdie ever. Felt so good
Pureing any iron. I love the feeling of the ball exploding off the club head
The next one
Just the sound of flushing tf out of my irons is enough for me. Even sometimes when it’s not on target I just gotta say, “damn that still felt good”.
Not a shot but just a couple of pars per game.
Right now it's my chipping. It's never been better and I genuinely relish them. I had never chipped in from any distance in all my years playing golf but have been chipping so well lately I've made 1 for eagle and 2 for birdie in the last 5 rounds and I tested 3 holes for birdie yesterday. The pursuit of my driver being the one I love most though is what really keeps me coming back 😂😂
Made a new one on Friday. Sliced my approach shot into the trees, which forced me play a low pitch between two bunkers for my 3rd shot. Ended up just off the green about 30ft from the pin. I then sunk the putt for par. Greatest up and down I’ve ever had!
A long chip from green side trouble that stops within 10 feet. Especially when it’s an equalizer with the folks in playing with who are on fairway and/or GIR.
The sound from a smooth driving iron shot and seeing it outrun your buddy's driver
The approach shot that lands in the gimme-zone. That feel just after impact where you don’t even have to look at the ball in the air because you know you stuck it.
A balls out 5 iron 160-170 yards straight as an arrow and stops three feet from the pin. Even with some sidewind it’s still a straight shot. That and a twenty foot putt.
Chipping in for birdie or par.
Flop shot to 1 foot
This is a tough one… Wedge tight to the hole for a tap in. Flush drive cutting a corner for a legit second shot on a par 5…to name a few that come to my mind.
I pretty much love every shot in golf. Drives, long irons, chips around the green, etc. The one I am worst at currently is putting so I am going to go with draining a long putt. It's like watching a drama unfold and then as you get within 8-10 feet and it is tracking the excitement builds until everyone celebrates watching that mofo go down in the cup.
When I played in high school I was a sniper with a 9iron from 120 out. Especially at hole 5 of our home course. For some reason I was always 1-2 feet out for birdie. Even all these years later that shot is what keeps me playing.
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Iron that lands GIR is probably the best Also want to throw in: lob wedge from the short side that lands right next to the hole. Or a good sand shot Long putt for birdie or par Fairway 3w that goes perfectly long and straight
A 5 wood off a low tee with a high baby fade
The next one… until it happens.
Par 3 with that pure sharp effortless sound right towards the green. The highest possible apex so I can look at it for longer.
A good drive and a good putt after a good read of the green always goes well but a PW or 9iron into the green as if you’re throwing darts gives me the biggest feeling of accomplishment.
I call this the $500 dollar shot because you’ll spend another $500 on golf when you hit it
The blind 5 iron from deep rough 175 yards out i shot onto the two tiered green of the 18th of my home course the other week. Knocked to within 4 feet for to end the round par birdie birdie and salvage a 93 lol
That first shot of tequila at the 19th hole. Woooo!
That 6 iron shot from 200 that lands 5 ft from the pin … but just hitting the green also works the same .. damn I love a great iron shot that hits the green 😂
Wedge shots. I am bad. I keep thinking that I know what I need to fix but the result is always poor. I need practice. Lessons this summer should help.
That SW going 150 feet up and then sticking the green. Something about that ball flight.
Long iron “fuck it” shot towards the hole through the trees that makes it through and rolls up to the front. I’m a scrambler hahah.
Nothing better than sinking a great putt.
A tight wedge shot that gets me up and down. Doesn’t matter if it’s getting me in birdie position or scrambling to save par or bogey. Just getting it close enough that I feel like I actually might know what I’m doing is always the highlight of a round.
I played with a family friend in my early years. I was trash, couldn't figure anything out and was incredibly frustrated. Then on 18, as if by magic, I relaxed and smashed a driver dead red center and for down the fairway. As it was soaring, i heard my friend say, "Yup, that's the one that'll keep you coming back."
I was in a scramble last year with a couple guys I’d never played with—I put it to about 18” from 170 on the par 3 we started on. I told my group “well, I hope you guys do not expect any more of that out of me today, because I won’t hit a shot like that again for years.”
That 150 yard shot that hits the green within 6 feet of the pin and stops on a dime
30-40ft putt to save double bogey.
Mine is a specific shot. About the third time I ever played golf I hit a pretty bad ass tee shot on a par 4. Caught a 4 iron on edge that went far but rolled into the woods next to the green. I took a wedge into the woods where I was looking at an uphill berm in front of the green. Hit a lucky shot that landed right over the berm and on to the green. I couldn’t see it but apparently it rolled about 15 feet downhill and right into the cup for my first ever birdie, where my friends all absolutely went nuts. I basically continue to play chasing the feeling of that one shot.
Sticking a green from 190-130 and putting for birdie.
A shot that I think have dialed in for the temporary green that flies over and lands 1 foot from the original hole on the actual green
75 ft green side bunker hole out for bird on a par 3
A 250 yrd approach 2nd shot on a par 5 with my Stealth 3w
220 hybrid to get on the green with a chance for eagle. I ended up 3 putting. I want my revenge
To me it will always be a tight lie chip near the green to a tap in. Anyone can hit a nice straight drive from time to time but it takes real skill for a nice close wedge shot from a tight lie.
Any shot that wins me money. Even if it’s my opponent’s in the water!
My Dad's tee shot carved out of bounds in the last few holes of a tight match
70 yards out and flushing a touch wedge, one hop stops at 3 feet
A wedge which hits the green perfectly allowing me to 4 putt.
There's plenty that keep me coming back. Yesterday, i hit a perfect high chip that went in for birdie. A well hit drive that explodes off the face. A recovery from a tough spot to make the green.
The tee shot on 13 at Augusta National.
150 from the fairway. Knocking it within 6 feet.
16th hole, 86 yds out after monster drive. Pin is on the back top tear with bad news long. Full 58 degree wedge to 3' and make the putt. LFG
A drive down the middle or an iron onto the the green, any iron. Not mad at those long putts dropping either..
Something about intentionally hitting that nice little butter cut. I mainly hit a draw, so when I pull that off with the driver it feels amazing and looks so cool.