Conference 7.286::golf

    #1     -   Sinking a medium putt that you absolutely had to make
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                 This is when I get the most vocal out on a course.


    #2     -   Hitting a drive down the middle of the fairway
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                 Anytime I'm not in trouble, I get excited.


    #3     -   Hitting a medium iron flush
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                 Don't know why, it just makes me feel good.

   Least   -   Hitting a fairway wood on the screws
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                I don't take the chance and hit this shot too much.  More
               interested in position the shot gives me, than how it feels.
             

-rick

    #1 not on list but,hitting a crisp long iron to green (3-6)
    
    #2 hitting a chip shot close
    
    #3 sinking a 30 footer for par or less
    
    least exciting-hitting a long humungous drive anywhere.
    (it's not how long you are in 1,but where you are in 2.
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                                                  Rick

    
    The shots that I get the most thrill out of are...
    
    1.	Hitting any length shot that tucks-up tight...!
    
    2. Making a medium length putt that has to be made...!
    
    3. hitting any length shot that I hit sweet...!
    
    4. being able to score on a hole even after beeting my tee shot into
       the ground (unfortuneately I have had to do this a lot the last
       couple of times out, particularly yesterday - I went to the range
       today to try to straighten this out and sure enough I hit every
       damn shot pure... :-{...)
    	

    My favorite shots are approach shots of ANY type that I can get close
    (which I don't do too often).  That's the name of the game right there. 
    Hit the green in regulation and get it as close as you can.  (if I ever
    pull a Gamez, I may quit my day job).
    
    Second is the long putt (like the two I made yesterday). 
    
    Third is a tie between the long drive (in the fairway) and the fairway
    wood hit on the screws.
    
    Least favorite is the chip over a bunker with very little green to work
    with (which is downhill beyond the pin as well).  We're looking at triple 
    here.
    
    

    
    From a hacker's view:
    
    1: Hitting my 5 wood.  (It's my confidence builder)
    
    2: Hitting a little pop up sandwedge from 40 yds real close
    
    3: Chipping with my 8 iron
    
    Shot most disliked:
    
    Chipping off of extremely hard ground
    
    Shane

    My absolute favorite is nailing a fairway wood on the screws to
    reach a 500+ yd par 5 in two.  It takes two long straight shots
    to do it, you're putting for an eagle, and it's great.  
    
    Next is a great blast out of the sand trap that skips up to the hole
    and then bites.  It's one of the few times I can put enough spin
    on the ball for it to check up.  
    
    Next is the 30+ foot putt for par or less.  
    
    Least Favorite:  Making the putt to get up and down in two.  It's
    nice but ... ho hum a chip and a putt.  It happens a lot.
    

    The shots I tend to get excited about on the course are:
    
    1. The times I get most excited on the course are when I am able to
       successfully visualize and then execute a particular shot. Whether
       it be a 40 foot putt, a drive with a draw or a fade, a high loft
       shot over a bunker to a pin with not much green to be used, a low
       shot out of the trees and onto the green,....whatever the shot be, I
       always get a thrill out of seeing the shot in my mind and then being
       able to perform the shot like I visualized it.
    
    2. The shot I am usually most vocal about on the course is sinking the
       long putt. I also am equally as vocal about a chip-in 8^) !
    
    3. Whenever I hit any club crisply (which usually results in accuracy
       too) I always give myself a great feeling of satisfaction. Usually
       accompanied by the thought of "if I could only hit them all like
       that....".
    
    4. The shot that is my least favorite would definitely have to be when
       I perfectly execute a shank. Why? Cause the result of most of my
       shanked shots usually is a ball out-of-bounds or several yards into
       the woods. And in most cases means an additional two strokes to my
       score.
    
    
    						-Paul
                                                                  

    The sand shot.!! I knew there was a basic shot I was missing.  Add two
  more to the list in .0 then.

          -   Splashing a sand shot from a greenside bunker close to the pin
          -   Successfully executing a fairway bunker shot

    Interesting comments so far.  Surprised that noone has selected the
  long, humungous drive as their favorite.  That is the type of shot,
  my golfing partners are always talking about.  C'mon, you know who you
  are!!

-rick

    
      1. Hit any iron and sticking in close for a 1 putt chance
    
      2. Sinking those 5-15 footers that test your nerves...
    
      3. Playing a perfect position shot wether it's laying up on a
         par 5. Or land in the middle of the green instead of going
         at the pin.. or when I pull out the 1-iron to keep it in a
         narrow fairway...(and it actually stays in the fairway)
    
      
    
      I hate bunker shots I either pick'um clean or hit nothing but
    snad and they just lay there.... I know I need just to go practive
    them, but How can I afford to practice sand shots when I need to
    improve my woods...(&*^&*
    
    BS

    
    
      Mine are....
    
           1. Sinking the Looong put to save par or make a Birdie, Those 
              are the ones I really yell about.
    
           2. I love hitting a crushing drive dead down the middle when I 
              need it the most.  Like after scraping it around for 17 holes 
              and still having a chance to win on 18, crank that drive 
              and put it in cruise control from there.
    
           3. Swinging a smooth long iron into a green, gotta love the
              feeling of sticking a 3 iron.
    
           Least favorite is hitting a fairway bunker shot. If you hit it 
           good, it would be fine, but miss a little, look out!
    
    
    Jim

    My all time favorite is anything with the driver !! Especially
    if I nail it ! I don't even mind watching those monsterous slices
    ride the wind into the next county at my home course. Seems like
    they stay up for 30-40 seconds some times !!!!!
    
    Second on the list is any putt that goes in the hole !!!!!
    
    Third is hitting it close with my wedge.
    
    
    Fourth, any crisp hit.
    
    Mad Hacker

	I like them all!  In looking back at my rounds this year though, the
	shots I remember most vividly are the 200+ yd, 2-3 iron shots that
        check up, close to the flag.

	Now that I think about it, it's easy to understand why I remember
	BOTH of those shots 8)

        Ron O.

	

    My best and worst are:-
    
    
    1. Hitting the long iron (3) to green when I have either got to
       draw it or fade it...and it happens. I think..."Wow, that's 
       what's supposed to happen!"
    
    2. Playing a long pitch and run with a 6 or a 7 and holding it 
       to a single putt distance. (probably not so easy on the US 
       courses with all that water).
    
    3. Smacking my 1 iron off the tee with a fizz....when rumour has
       it that this club is just to make up the numbers!.
    
    
    The one I hate is a short pitch from a bare lie, knowing that 
    unless this is perfect, I could take someone's head off two fairways 
    away.
    
    
    Phil.
    

	1.  Hitting a long iron flush and putting it on the green.  Not close, 
	   but just on the green.  By long iron, I mean a 2, 3 or 4 iron.  
	   This is usually required due to a not so good tee shot, or perhaps a
	   great tee shot on a par 5.  In either case, it really lifts you up 
	   and brings new life to my round.

	2.  Dropping a chip or pitch into the hole.  No doubt about it, this 
	   shot, more than any other one, really gets to your opponent.  There
           he is with a 8 to 12 footer for birdie, and your 20 feet off the 
	   green.  Then you hit the damn thing right into the cup for birdie, 
	   and your opponent sits there going "Ga, ga, goo, goo"!!!  And his 
	   8 to 12 footer just became a 16 to 24 footer!!!

	3.  I'll bite.  I do get pumped when I really nail one from the tee,
           long and in play.  Not necesarily in the fairway, but in a position 
           where I have a good 2nd shot.  I'd rather hit from 120 yards away 
	   in the rough, then from 160 yards away in the fairway.  At least 
	   95% of the time.  There's always that hole though, where you have 
	   to be hitting from the short grass.


	My least favorite shot to hit, is probably the tap in putt.  Everyone 
	expects you to make them, but most of us miss one once in awhile, and 
	it really puts a damper on your round.  Plus it's a boring shot.

	The most difficult shot, at least for me anyways, is anything I have 
	to draw.  I'm a left to right player.  That is, when I'm playing well,
	I fade everything.  When I'm not playing well, it's "Right turn 
	Clyde"!!!  So when I get on a hole that has trouble on the left side,  
        and the tee box is way left, I just cringe walking up to that tee.

Beak

    My three favorite shots are:
    
    	Jack Daniel's
    
    	Tequila
    
    	Jack Daniel's (I really like Jack)
    
    
    
    
    	But seriously, my three favorite shots are:
    
    	1) Hitting a straight tee shot with any club, but particulary
    	   a long iron (since I'm only using irons these days).
    
    	2) An high lofty chip, with backspin, to the green that lands
    	   within inches of the cup. Suddenly I'm putting spin on about
    	   50% of my short iron shots. Wednesday, I hit a 6 iron 150 yards
    	   to within 10 feet of the pin and the ball spun back 5 feet.
    
    	3) Making a putt for anything less than a bogey. Especially long
    	   putts.
    
    Jim
    

	I guess I get more enjoyment off of the putting surface, hitting
good shots.  Perhaps because my short game is adequate and my ball striking
needs significant improvement.  Anyway, my list is as follows: 
	
1. Long, humugous drive anywhere [revision... in the fairway].
2. Hitting a long iron flush [at the flag].
3. Hitting a drive down the middle of the fairway.
4. Hitting a medium iron flush [at the flag].
5. Hitting a fairway wood on the screws [creating an eagle putt].
6. Hitting a crisp short iron to the green with a lot of spin.
7. Striking a perfect half-wedge [to within a few feet].


1. Sinking a medium putt that you absolutely had to make
2. Sinking a short putt for a successful up and down [lots of chances]
3. Hitting a chip shot real close [lots of chances]
4. Sinking a long (> 30 feet) putt

Jeff


One_of_Rick's_playing_partners_who_wishes_he_could_hit_the_ball_better       

    I think one factor that enters in is the situation in which you hit the
    shot.  For example, the 220 yd 3 iron to the green is not so great when
    it follows a skied tee shot.
    However,
    #1	The 3 or 5 wood "on the screws" setting up an eagle putt
    #2  A par 3 short iron, especially the one Rick refers to as the "cut"
    	shot; it stops dead without being particularly high
    #3  The long drive particularly when it clears an obstacle - like the
    	10th at Devens following a conversation like
    Player - Wind is against us, we will have to layup short of ditch today
    Me	   - Nope, cleared it yesterday and I'm going to clear it today
    
    AND DOING IT (and under your breath "you lucky SOB")
    
    Bill 
    

    My three favorites:
    
    The mid iron into a difficult pin placement and sticking it tight.
    
    The fairway wood or long iron into a par five.
    
    The greenside sand shot to a gimme with plenty of "geewhiz" (backspin)
    
    My least favorite is the putt from off the fringe. You didn't hit it
    close enough to stay on the green and your not far enough to play the
    pitch or chip.

    My 3 favs:
    
    	Long iron shot (2/3) hit solid
    	Bump and run wedge from 50 yds or so into 'makable' range
    	A solid tee shot that lands in a spot where I can hit it again
    
    least fav:
    
    	Chunkin' it from anywhere.  (Just hate the feeling of not making
    contact)
    
    
    

1) Stays dry

2) Stays out of the shade


(first year golfer)

    Hitting any iron close AFTER hitting a good drive.  There's nothing
    worse than the feeling of hitting a poor shot after a great drive.
    
    Hitting a great drive  (they come so seldom :^( 
    
    Long iron to the green on a par 5.
    
    Most vocal, sinking a medium putt that had to be made for the win.
    
    
    Alan
    

    
    My best feeling is this:
    
    I've just made double bogey.
    
    The next 3 shots are lousy and looking at 25 footer for par but
    
    back in the "golf mind " your saying to yourself, another 3 putt
    and  another DB.
    
                 BUT YOU MAKE IT FOR PAR
    
                 AND YOUR NEXT TEE SHOT IS DOWN THE MIDDLE
    
    This takes me mentally right back in the game, where as two DBs in
    
    a row ,I'm really down and out and would probably hit real bad on
    
    the the next tee. 
    
    Saving par after a bad DB, and then "cleaning" a drive on the next
    tee is the best feeling for me.
    
                                        Ang
    
    
    

    
    My favs...
    
    Hitting a long iron flush to the green is one on the best feelings in
    the world. (close to something else that needs no explanation)
    
    Anything with a wedge inside of 40yds or so that ends up close.
    
    Those long puts that give or save you anything.
    
    My worst...
    
    Wedges off of hardpan...just can't get them high enough!
    
    gwngf

     Hitting "a rope" off the first tee of some "Shrine" with people
    watching, instead of my usual panick stricken pull hook. Two of the
    worst in memory were a driver into the parking lot at Burning Tree (you
    almost gotta shank it to do THIS), and a one iron over the railroad
    tracks at Prestwick...
    
    --Jack

    I PREFER PARTNER GOLF. 
    
    The most exciting shot in my golf bag is anything off the tee after 
    my partner has put one Out of Bounds.....second most exciting shoot 
    is my opponent putting one OB after his partner has done likewise.
    
    

    1. A straight drive off the tee.
    2. A long fairway wood or longiron that winds up sitting pretty on the
    green.
    3. A 40 or so yard chip that winds up within 10 or so feet of the hole
    4. Holing a very long putt.
    
    My least favorites are
    1. A humongous shot that goes all over the place.
    2. topping the ball
    3. Whenever my slice decides to rear it's ugly head.
    
    BG