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Date: 10 Sep 2006 13:41:10
From: Patty
Subject: Worst shots ever
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Out of interest what is the worst shot any RSG guys have ever played
(but where slightly impressed). This got me thinking after today, when
I TWICE hit a Rescue club vertical ( I mean VERTICALLY straight ) about
150 FEET high.
I was very impressed with the shot as I duplicated it twice on the same
hole just to prove it was not a fluke. And I had the guys I was playing
with diving for cover whilst waiting for the ball which eventually came
down with an almighty thud EXACTLY where I hit it.
I'm tempted to try it with my driver so I don't have to go the driving
range any more. Just hit the ball 250 yards vertically.. In my Garden,
imagine the money I'll save ;-)
Not even Mickelson could duplicate that one with a 18 degree rescue
club...
Anyone got any trick shots they didn't know they had.
cheers
Patty
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 14:29:43
From: Big_Fan
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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> A whiff will always only cost you one stroke, whereas a shank can
> often cost you more.
Usually your sanity. Always your confidence.
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Date: 22 Sep 2006 21:50:06
From: TG
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Big_Fan wrote:
>>A whiff will always only cost you one stroke, whereas a shank can
>>often cost you more.
>
>
> Usually your sanity. Always your confidence.
>
I was once golfing on one of the "uppity" clubs where I used to live
with a buddy of mine, who was a pretty good golfer (I was and still am a
hacker, and thats on a good day) and they paired us up with an older
couple who were also quite good.
Well on the first hole I got off a nice drive, nice 2nd and third shot
and sunk a 40 foot putt for par on a long par 4. I did my best to act
like this was a normal occurance for me and felt pretty good, as I was
petrified from the tee off with a few dozen serious golfers watching &
waiting.
It went downhill from there, one of the noteable highlights being
shanking my next shot into the adjoining fairway, going over to shoot it
and telling the lady in our group she'd best take cover somewhere. She
of course was probably thinking I just had a bad shot and said she was
fine standing where she was, about 30 degrees off from where I was
aiming and about 100 yards ahead of me. Anyway, I insisted so she stood
behind a tree with a truck not quite thick enough to hide her
completely. I let her rip with another slice and the ball hit same tree
at precicely where her head was with an extremely loud THOK and scared
the bejeezuz out of her. She was quite rattled and my profuse apologies
did little to calm her, I'm sure she thought I was just an asshole..
The rest of the round wasn't much better, but the finale was the 18th
having a water hazard lined with a stone wall right up front. I killed
the ball and it went straight at the wall in front, richocheting right
back at us at warp 3 just missing the same lady by inches, back into the
club parking lot behind us, setting off a car alarm on one of the many
cars it bounced off of before coming to rest.
I didn't bother going to look for the ball...
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 14:28:36
From: Big_Fan
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Robert Hamilton wrote:
> "Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
>
> > On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
>
> I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
> to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
> onto the green and 2 putted.
>
> Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
>
> Rob
Yes, it does. Multiple shanks. I've had the shanks so bad that I hit a
4-wood left!
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 14:25:14
From: Big_Fan
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Tranny wrote:
> Larry Bud wrote:
> > Patty wrote:
> >>> Sounds like bull to me.
> >> Honest No Bull...
> >>
> >> I was on the edge of the rough , Not deep rough. And the Ball wasn't
> >> sitting up high.
> >>
> >> Took a pretty deep divot though.
> >
> > No way it went up 150 feet.
>
> 15" is my guess, and not straight up.
> Tran
15 inches?
Sounds like the length of my
putt that I missed last week.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 09:55:46
From: Parinella
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Patty wrote:
> Out of interest what is the worst shot any RSG guys have ever played
My brother once tried to hit a wood from the rough with the ball below
his feet. He took a good swing, we heard the ball hit, but he didn't
see it. He asked where it went, my dad and other brother didn't know,
but I told him I thought he topped it. Sure enough, he looked down,
and the ball had been pushed down into the soft grass.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 08:58:28
From: The_Professor
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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John van der Pflum wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID@att.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
> >
> >> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
> >
> >I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
> >to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
> >onto the green and 2 putted.
> >
> >Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
> >
> >Rob
>
> Mr. Whiff is on line 2. :-)
You one of those guys who calls my practice swing a whiff?
;^)
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 08:20:52
From: coach_z
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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My cousin hit his tee shot on a par 3 so fat that the ball ended up in
the divot. The divot flew about 10 yards and we found it with the tee
still in it. He has also hit the ball between his legs before too.
Sam
Birdie Bill wrote:
> John van der Pflum wrote:
> > On 21 Sep 2006 05:49:34 -0700, "Birdie Bill"
> > <bighorn_bill@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >John van der Pflum wrote:
> > >> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID@att.net>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
> > >> >
> > >> >I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
> > >> >to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
> > >> >onto the green and 2 putted.
> > >> >
> > >> >Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
> > >> >
> > >> >Rob
> > >>
> > >> Mr. Whiff is on line 2. :-)
> > >> --
> > >
> > >Ah, hitting nothing but "the winds of heaven", as Bernard Darwin
> > >called it. But a whiff will only cost you 1 stroke.
> >
> > True about the one stroke but a shank costs only one stroke as well.
> >
> > I wonder what is more embarassing -- a whiff or a shank? I think I'd
> > take the shank over the whiff. At least you're not hitting from the
> > same spot and EVERYONE has had the shanks before. At least there is
> > some solice in that.
>
> A whiff will always only cost you one stroke, whereas a shank can
> often cost you more.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 07:07:55
From: Birdie Bill
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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John van der Pflum wrote:
> On 21 Sep 2006 05:49:34 -0700, "Birdie Bill"
> <bighorn_bill@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >John van der Pflum wrote:
> >> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID@att.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
> >> >
> >> >I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
> >> >to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
> >> >onto the green and 2 putted.
> >> >
> >> >Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
> >> >
> >> >Rob
> >>
> >> Mr. Whiff is on line 2. :-)
> >> --
> >
> >Ah, hitting nothing but "the winds of heaven", as Bernard Darwin
> >called it. But a whiff will only cost you 1 stroke.
>
> True about the one stroke but a shank costs only one stroke as well.
>
> I wonder what is more embarassing -- a whiff or a shank? I think I'd
> take the shank over the whiff. At least you're not hitting from the
> same spot and EVERYONE has had the shanks before. At least there is
> some solice in that.
A whiff will always only cost you one stroke, whereas a shank can
often cost you more.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 05:49:34
From: Birdie Bill
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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John van der Pflum wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID@att.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
> >
> >> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
> >
> >I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
> >to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
> >onto the green and 2 putted.
> >
> >Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
> >
> >Rob
>
> Mr. Whiff is on line 2. :-)
> --
Ah, hitting nothing but "the winds of heaven", as Bernard Darwin
called it. But a whiff will only cost you 1 stroke.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 09:59:09
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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On 21 Sep 2006 05:49:34 -0700, "Birdie Bill"
<bighorn_bill@hotmail.com > wrote:
>
>John van der Pflum wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID@att.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
>> >
>> >> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
>> >
>> >I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
>> >to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
>> >onto the green and 2 putted.
>> >
>> >Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
>> >
>> >Rob
>>
>> Mr. Whiff is on line 2. :-)
>> --
>
>Ah, hitting nothing but "the winds of heaven", as Bernard Darwin
>called it. But a whiff will only cost you 1 stroke.
True about the one stroke but a shank costs only one stroke as well.
I wonder what is more embarassing -- a whiff or a shank? I think I'd
take the shank over the whiff. At least you're not hitting from the
same spot and EVERYONE has had the shanks before. At least there is
some solice in that.
--
jvdp
Myke Plough-in-skee is not mentioned in this thread.
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com/files/OH_2006_make_a_putt.avi
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 18:33:17
From: Kevin D. Timm
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22
From: Robert Hamilton
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
onto the green and 2 putted.
Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
Rob
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 08:29:26
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:26:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID@att.net >
wrote:
>
>
>"Kevin D. Timm" wrote:
>
>> On the tee, I hit it directly between my feet.
>
>I hit nice drive on #8 today. A bit of a hanging lie...and I shanked it
>to behind the 2nd tee, and even more of a hanging lie. Hit a nice shot
>onto the green and 2 putted.
>
>Doesn't get any worse than a shank!
>
>Rob
Mr. Whiff is on line 2. :-)
--
jvdp
Myke Plough-in-skee is not mentioned in this thread.
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com/files/OH_2006_make_a_putt.avi
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 11:23:12
From: John B.
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Frankenshank wrote:
> Patty wrote:
>
> > Anyone got any trick shots they didn't know they had.
> > cheers
> > Patty
>
> Once I stone cold WHIFFED my first tee shot
> Playing with my father in law, nice course, line of other golfers
> behind us waiting to tee off.
> I wanted to crawl under a rock and die.
>
> good grief, hitting a horrible fat shot isn't nearly as embarrassing.
>
> FrankenShank
I did almost the same thing. Showed up late for a tee time. Starter
said: get on the tee and hit right now. Guys in the group behind us
were sitting in their carts glaring at us. I topped to ball so badly it
rolled about 10 feet from the tee. I picked it up and walked off the
tee box.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 08:33:01
From: Mister Hand
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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70 yards to uphill green, hit 56 deg. wedge fat and on the
follow-through hit the ball again in mid-air knocking it into the
hazard immediately to my right. This takes place in full view of a
deck party going on in the house right next to the green. I can still
hear the cheers go up along with the "We didn't see that, go ahead and
hit another one."
Ugh.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 08:26:02
From: Frankenshank
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Patty wrote:
> Anyone got any trick shots they didn't know they had.
> cheers
> Patty
Once I stone cold WHIFFED my first tee shot
Playing with my father in law, nice course, line of other golfers
behind us waiting to tee off.
I wanted to crawl under a rock and die.
good grief, hitting a horrible fat shot isn't nearly as embarrassing.
FrankenShank
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 11:13:21
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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> Patty wrote:
>
>> Anyone got any trick shots they didn't know they had.
>> cheers
>> Patty
>
My worst result was a drive hit thin off the 16th tee. There is a low
bridge supported on steel beams about 30 yards in front of that tee and the
drive hit one of those beams dead on. The thing came right back past me and
disappeared under a port-a-john behind the tee. That's when "stroke and
distance" sounds like a very good option :-)
Of course I've also hit a thin fairway wood that hit the deck of an arched
bridge and bounced up and long eventually rolling onto the green -- beyond
the normal range of the club, and I watched helplessly in a league match
when my opponent skulled a 5 iron on a steep uphill par 3 that hit the rise
in front of the green, then hit the flagstick and disappeared.
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 08:01:22
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Patty wrote:
> > Sounds like bull to me.
>
> Honest No Bull...
>
> I was on the edge of the rough , Not deep rough. And the Ball wasn't
> sitting up high.
>
> Took a pretty deep divot though.
No way it went up 150 feet.
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 19:31:06
From: Tranny
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Larry Bud wrote:
> Patty wrote:
>>> Sounds like bull to me.
>> Honest No Bull...
>>
>> I was on the edge of the rough , Not deep rough. And the Ball wasn't
>> sitting up high.
>>
>> Took a pretty deep divot though.
>
> No way it went up 150 feet.
15" is my guess, and not straight up.
Tran
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 03:11:36
From: Patty
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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> Sounds like bull to me.
Honest No Bull...
I was on the edge of the rough , Not deep rough. And the Ball wasn't
sitting up high.
Took a pretty deep divot though.
Believe me I ain't proud of this one.. I think Club head has completely
passed under the ball and top of club struck below the equator of the
ball.
With my swing anything is possible..
Cheers
Patty
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 11:06:45
From: Tranny
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Patty wrote:
> Out of interest what is the worst shot any RSG guys have ever played
> (but where slightly impressed). This got me thinking after today, when
> I TWICE hit a Rescue club vertical ( I mean VERTICALLY straight ) about
> 150 FEET high.
Sounds like bull to me.
> I was very impressed with the shot as I duplicated it twice on the same
> hole just to prove it was not a fluke. And I had the guys I was playing
> with diving for cover whilst waiting for the ball which eventually came
> down with an almighty thud EXACTLY where I hit it.
More bull!
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 02:44:24
From: Frank Ketchum
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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"Patty" <simplycisco@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1157920870.231233.149180@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Out of interest what is the worst shot any RSG guys have ever played
> (but where slightly impressed). This got me thinking after today, when
> I TWICE hit a Rescue club vertical ( I mean VERTICALLY straight ) about
> 150 FEET high.
>
How is this possible? Rolling the ball are you? You have to have a pretty
fluffed up lie in the rough to pass the clubhead of a hybrid almost all the
way under the ball. It is impossible from the fairway.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 15:03:36
From: Alan B
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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On 10 Sep 2006 13:41:10 -0700, in message
<1157920870.231233.149180@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com >, "Patty"
<simplycisco@hotmail.com > scribed:
>Out of interest what is the worst shot any RSG guys have ever played
>(but where slightly impressed). This got me thinking after today, when
>I TWICE hit a Rescue club vertical ( I mean VERTICALLY straight ) about
>150 FEET high.
OK, that reminds me of a couple of bad shots. One hole with a little creek
running across the fairway about 100 yards off the tee. My first shot was
a worm-burner that zipped into the creek. I teed the second shot up
higher, got under it, and popped it up on the fly into the creek. Serious
target fixation.
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Date: 10 Sep 2006 23:53:25
From: Tranny
Subject: Re: Worst shots ever
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Patty wrote:
> Out of interest what is the worst shot any RSG guys have ever played
> (but where slightly impressed). This got me thinking after today, when
> I TWICE hit a Rescue club vertical ( I mean VERTICALLY straight ) about
> 150 FEET high.
>
> I was very impressed with the shot as I duplicated it twice on the same
> hole just to prove it was not a fluke. And I had the guys I was playing
> with diving for cover whilst waiting for the ball which eventually came
> down with an almighty thud EXACTLY where I hit it.
>
> I'm tempted to try it with my driver so I don't have to go the driving
> range any more. Just hit the ball 250 yards vertically.. In my Garden,
> imagine the money I'll save ;-)
>
>
> Not even Mickelson could duplicate that one with a 18 degree rescue
> club...
>
> Anyone got any trick shots they didn't know they had.
No
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