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1. 1 On December 9th, 2007, Double Eagle said:

   My own memorable moment isn’t exactly a happy one.

   Several years back, I was playing the course where I had worked for many seasons. I know it as well as anyone on earth.

   It was early November, an overcast day, but dry. I was on the 6th hole, a 155 yard, par three that was playing about 140. Normally, the shot is a full 9 iron, but there was a two-club wind in my face.

   I decided to play a 7 iron low into the wind. Unfortunately, I jacked it left and it ballooned up, right up into the top of a huge oak tree that sits a little short and left.

   I watched and watched and couldn’t see the ball come out. Since the leaves had fallen and were all over the place and the shot could have bounced anywhere, I decided to play a provisional ball in case it was lost.

   I played the exact same shot, but pulled it off this time. It landed six feet short of the hole, bounced once, checked, and rolled into the cup.

   With a lost ball, that was still a three, and as close as I had ever come to a hole in one. It was in the cup from the tee, anyway.

   It wasn’t meant to be, though. When I got up to the green, I found my first ball under the tree. I pitched on and two putted for a four. My brilliant 7 iron into a two-club wind that dropped in the hole from the tee didn’t even count.

   I’m still a little bitter about that one, but I can laugh about it now.

   posted on December 9th, 2007 at 1:50 am

2. 2 On December 9th, 2007, Nicole said:

   My most memorable golf moment doesn’t really have a lot to do with golf.

   The first time I ever golfed was on a little prairie community golf course - with sand greens, and not all that well maintained. It was August, so the grass was almost the same colour as the sand, and that year there were so many grasshoppers that you couldn’t see where your ball was ending up most of the time. I know this doesn’t sound like ideal golfing conditions, and it wasn’t, but I was (I think) nine years old and we were spending the day with my grandpa so it was still fun.

   Because I had never golfed before, my shots were going in every direction possible except the intended one. I think I even managed to shoot backward a couple of times. Finally, I managed to get one roughly in the distance and direction I had meant to. We all watched it go that way, so we knew where it was landing. It landed… and rolled a few feet into a gopher hole.

   We wandered over to try to retrieve it, and just as I was bending down the gopher popped out of the hole. I almost fell over. I still wonder whether I hit that poor thing on the head.

   posted on December 9th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

3. 3 On December 10th, 2007, Tony said:

   When I holed out for an eagle. It was my first one which I got before my brother. He was a foot from the same pin. So after I holed out he made his one footer for his first eagle.

   posted on December 10th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

4. 4 On December 10th, 2007, Double Eagle said:

   Great story, Nicole!

   And I see that my own brother put his hat in the ring.

   That was a great story, though. One of my own runner-up classics.

   I got on a short par four green in one with a 3-iron from about 220, dog leg left, over a green-side pond and really tall trees all up the left.

   I hit a high draw to about one foot, for what would have been my first eagle. My brother played a short iron out to the bend and left himself about 60 yards. He promptly drained it for his first eagle, beating me to the milestone.

   He doesn’t let me forget that.

   posted on December 10th, 2007 at 9:14 pm

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7. 7 On December 12th, 2007, Dave said:

   Cool idea for the giveaway, very generous.

   I hit a great shot last summer that definitely counts as a memorable golf moment. I was teeing off at my local muni while a staff member was mowing the fairway. He saw me on the tee and waved at me to go ahead. I’m sure you can see where this is going. He was about 260 out, sitting in the center of the fairway (seemingly in the safest spot on the course), and sure enough I tagged it right on the screws and hit the mower. The memorable part was the expression on his face as we exchanged apologies. He said he sits there all the time and considered himself well out of danger (visualize my chest puffing out). Even better, there were witnesses standing on a nearby green that had similar looks on their faces and made some comments at the turn. Good thing they didn’t have a video camera going, or else my ego might have exploded out of control. Needless to say, these are the shots that keep you coming back.

   posted on December 12th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

8. 8 On December 12th, 2007, Double Eagle said:

   Great story, Dave!

   I worked maintenance for like four years and I think I became immune to incoming balls. Now, I have real trouble hitting when the maintenance people are working. It’s funny because I never thought twice about it then, but it bothers me to be on the other end now.

   posted on December 12th, 2007 at 11:45 pm

9. 9 On December 13th, 2007, TP Golf Online said:

   It is tough to find one moments but reading about the eagle twins reminded of a round I played about a dozen years ago. A group of friends were out and the course had us teeing off the back nine first that day.

   All of us are pretty decent players ranging from scratch to mid-single digit indexes at the time. However on the par 5 15th I hit a within 10 feet of the pin in two and made the eagle putt.

   Coming onto the front nine on another par 5, the eldest of our group (he was at least twice the of the others in the group) holed out a wedge to a pin tucked behind water and a bunker.

   Two holes later, on a par 3, another group member two hopped a 4 iron for an ace. This was the first and only ace I have ever witnessed.

   Thinking back I remember their shots more vividly than mine. Probably because, to me, holing out a shot for eagle is more spectacular than putting for one. Sorry DE.

   posted on December 13th, 2007 at 4:26 am

10. 10 On December 13th, 2007, Double Eagle said:

    I think you’re right, TP. I remember my brother’s eagle from 60 yards more vividly than I remember any of my own.

    He did the same thing to me for birdie this year. It was a par four and I had about 6 feet for birdie and he was on the approach, maybe 30 yards from the pin and pitched it in. I can’t even remember if I made my putt.

    posted on December 13th, 2007 at 9:07 am

11. 11 On December 14th, 2007, keith said:

    My most memorable moment of my golf life is the pleasure of playing in and winning a superintendents tournament at Pine Valley two years ago. I had the trophy displayed prominently in my pro shop. Sadly I broke the trophy while moving it to my office last year. And when the time came to defend it, I had to duct tape it together before playing in the tournament this year and was embarrassed when I had to present it to this years winner in front of my peers.

    posted on December 14th, 2007 at 5:15 pm

12. 12 On December 15th, 2007, Double Eagle said:

    Ok, the contest has been closed and the winner chosen.

    Thanks to everyone who added some great stories to the fun. I’d like to try and do similar giveaways in the future, so to everyone that didn’t win, hang in there and try again next time.

    And now, without further ado, the winner is…

    …

    …

    Tony.

    Oh, the irony. My brother won with his story about beating me to my first eagle.

    Now the question is: do I still need to get him a Christmas gift?

    P.S. - My mother has already accused me of rigging the contest. I promise you, I’d never do that.

    posted on December 15th, 2007 at 10:45 am

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