(03-26-2018, 08:42 PM)PF* Wrote:

(03-26-2018, 06:53 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [quote pid='1115043' dateline='1522007196']

You're right about Hyde Park.   I don't lose as many balls there as I do at other courses, mainly because of a lack of water hazards, and because it's all together, it doesn't wander through a housing development.   I got an eagle on #9 last year.   That may be the only eagle I've ever had.   I can't remember another eagle in my entire life.   I accidentally cut the dog leg with my tee shot, going to the right of that fairway bunker instead of to the left of it where I had been aiming, and I hit the cart path, which shot my ball forward and back into the fairway.   Then, a beautiful 5-wood with a nice gentle fade to the green, then a 15 foot downhill putt with about 18 inches of break just caught the corner of the hole and dropped in.      !!!!!!!!

I've had 4 eagles- 2 came on long shots on the same Par 5 hole in Massachusetts about 2 weeks apart over 20 years ago; the third was a hole in one on #11 at Royal St. Augustine in 2016 and the last one was last month on #5 at Royal when my 2nd shot from 100 yds or so went in. Surely more luck than skill.
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Completely agree that it has alot to do with luck. I've only had two and both had slightly unplanned shots that worked in my favor.

 1st at hyde park par 5 i absolutely slammed a drive but unfortunately put some slice on the ball and end up slightly the right but over the bunker without a straight LOS at the hole. I followed that up by going ham with the 3 wood from 235 out and caught a bounce that had it trickled on to the green and ended 3 feet from the cup.

Second was the par 4 5th hole at jax beach where i did the same thing off the tee but ended up catching either cart path or a root and bouncing back into the fairway towards the hole 80 yards from the green because of the slight dogleg right. I then hit an extremely lucky 52 degree that caught a good break on the green and dropped. I looked around the green and in the trap for 10 min before my buddy checked the cup lol.

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