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The No Ace Club - How close did you get this year?


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Still part of the no ace club after 20+ years of playing. However I’ve had two very close aces over the last 3-4 rounds. One was on the 7th at my local course that usually plays between 145-160. This particular day it was closer to 145 with the pin front left. I was between an easy 7i or 8i; chose the 8i which wound up being correct choice. The ball landed pin high and stopped 4’ from the hole. I got up to the green and found my ball mark 1’ left of dead center. If it had been that 1’ right may have been a slam dunk! The other close call was another local course, it’s always a short hole as well and I went with a 9i, I struck it good and it was at the hole the entire way. Got up there and ball probably landed 2’ short and had to have rolled right past or very near the cup. Made the 3’ putt for birdie though!

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Well it’s been 15 years of playing golf in some form or another. The closest I have ever come is 3 feet. I have never holed out from more than 50 yards either. (And inside 5’ from outside 50 yards is probably a one- or two-handed counting operation; I’m a poor iron player)

 

Yesterday I was playing our 170yd 2nd and hit a 6 iron a little thin that rolled up the tier and out of sight over the crest. It was close in any case and I walked up to the green thinking ”there’s a chance... but then again there’s nothing there to make the ball turn left down to the hole” and there wasn’t, and the ball was 3’ away.

 

I am optimistic though, I’ve hit 3 good par-3 approaches in the last 2 weeks, so maybe I’m centering in!

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Had a close call yesterday. Pin was 172 yds out, hit a high draw 7i that landed about 7-10' short of the flag, the ball then preceded to roll out. As it did both my playing partner and I thought it was going in. We both saw the ball dip then roll on. When I got up to the flag, my ball was sitting 6" away from the cup.

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I got to about a foot and a half this year (just last week), but one thought I just had was interesting. I'm playing as good as I ever have, especially my irons, yet I feel further away from a hole-in-one than ever. Outside of my shot last week, which was to the left of the hole anyways (so never really got possible "hole-in-one vibes" while watching it in the air), I feel like I have many fewer chances for an ace than when I was younger. I'd have two or three a year that had my heart pumping watching the ball, numerous stop 4 inches, 8 inches, or a foot away, etc. Those were days when I played and practiced much less. Now, when I hit one within 5-6 feet I'm pretty pumped.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hit the stick on the par 3 9th in my most recent quest for my first ace...

 

Missed the birdie putt to top it off

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It's about 15 years since I started playing the game again and actually playing seriously. I haven't had many close calls, and nothing really close recently. Playing our club championship this past Saturday I had 155 and drew a nice 8i in that looked like it had a great chance and from the tee loooked like it may have just missed. It ended up being about 2.5 feet short but that was the closest call I have had in probably 5+ years.

 

In the same round, I hit a drive left in the trees and had to hit a towering cut (about 15 yards) to a 140 pin. Took 8i and a pretty open face and pulled off the towering cut and nearly jarred it, pitch mark was 2 inches right of the cup.

 

I have had two hole outs for eagles on par 4s, but never a hole in one.

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> @bazinky said:

> Since I'm pretty much shutting down my golf this year to weather and a nagging shoulder injury, it looks like I'll end my 25th year of playing golf without a hole in one. Thought it might be fun to hear stories about how close you got from others who are still waiting on that elusive ace.

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> I came really close this year. Our 18th hole is 210 yard par 3 over a ravine, with the green next to the bar patio. It's a tough hole, as most of the members jokingly refer to it as the easiest par 5 on the course. During one of my match-play rounds, I ended up about a foot from the hole. When we got to the green, several of the guys at the bar informed that my ball had actually hit the hole and lipped out. Would have been a cool hole to finally get mine on!

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> At least I made birdie on my close call, though. One of the guys I play with flew a ball into the hole on a par 3 but hit the liner, and the ball shot out and ended up in a fried egg lie in a bunker 25 yards away.

 

Shutting down due to weather!? What a short season! We are in a lull as it’s so fawking hot that unless you get one of the first few tee times you’re going to melt but we have at least 2 more months.

 

As far as aces go... none but I did win 2 closest to the pins at scrambles this year. Both were about a foot and a half away so nothing close enough to think might go in.

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A few Saturday's back was just a terrible round. Didn't play awful, but off for the most part. Play the tips, which are frankly too long for me, so usually a lot of work.

14 holes and not even a GIR or par. On 15 another indifferent chip but made the 10' par putt.

On 16 an uphill wedge that I almost dunked.

Then 17, 140 yard par 3, struck perfectly and watch it curling to the hole..... Stops just short.

Get to the hole and it is 1' away and was curling right into the cup. At least got my birdie......

 

Such is golf.

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Last Saturday, 160yd PAR 3 with good stiff headwind probably playing 175. Nineteen degree hybrid hit poorly off the toe never left the pin. Good miss.

 

Ended up 2.5 feet past. Line from ball mark to ball with break meant it missed by about 4". Made the putt. Closest to HIO this year so far.

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175 yard 6 iron. I knew it was pretty good when it flew right at it and spun back a bit, but didn't realize it was THAT good from the tee box.

 

Closest I've been in a couple years.

 

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This close:

 

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145 Par 3 6th hole at Oak Valley, Beaumont CA. I hit a flighted 7-iron into a bit of a breeze. From the tee, we heard the ball hit the flagstick and saw it bounce away to the right about 20 feet. We assumed it hit higher on the stick, but when we got to the green, we could see the ball actually hit the front edge of the cup, then bounced into the flagstick. Another 1/2" longer, and I think I would have had a slam dunk. Crazy. I missed the birdie putt.

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