What shot is the best feeling in golf?

[Circaflex]

For me personally, a perfectly struck Driver. I've only experienced it about twice, but that butter feeling where it feels like nothing was hit is just so pure. Considering how hard it is to control the driver, that to me is the best feeling shot.

[Joelsim]

Yesterday I was on-song with my driver, which is rare. But the shot I screwed up went about 220y but blocked left, almost hitting a four-ball on a nearby tee. Anyway I wandered over, all of them eyeing me up, sniggering a little...

 

Anyway 130y uphill to the green, they waited, moved everything well out of the way and let me take my shot before they feed off. Grabbed my PW and somewhat nervously with an audience hit my shot. Straight as a die to about a yard from the pin. For birdie.

 

That was pretty sweet and drew a round of applause from the four guys.

[SurfDuffer]

For me it would be a perfectly struck 3-wood. The 3 wood when you hit it just right has a very special sound.

[Almostscratchonce]

Big fan of the low trajectory, high-spin skip-wedge. 30-60 yards, doesn't get above 15' in the air, takes 1 hop & stops dead. Bonus points for pulling it off from a bunker.

[ode1]

Lots of qualifiers but needing a good drive on 18; on a tough hole, with not a lot of room for error off the tee; when you have a round going!

 

 

[mcputter]

Modern equipment is fantastic, but there was still nothing better than back in the day nutting a balata ball with a persimmon driver, especially if the tee box was back in the woods or had a solid fence behind you and you got extra sound feedback. Almost as good as the first best feeling.

[Gilbertc13]

I think the best feeling shot is a flushed 2 or 3 iron from the fairway. Only thing that compares is a 1/2 wedge that snuggles up close to the stick

[jerebear21]

12-15 Ft birdie putts. Had a couple of them at the Waldorf a couple days ago. It demoralizes any shot your opponents think they flush.

[Jackhammer993]

I like the flop shot that just goes straight up and lands very softly, something about seeing the ball floating in the air that stirs something. Another is a long breaking putt that just falls in the hole at the end of its journey, just amazing.

[Jskiser]

In my opinion my three favorite shots are in order:

 

1. A pured driver that explodes off the face. Awesome feeling and a huge boost of confidence.

 

2. Hitting that perfect draw or fade to exactly where you want it.

 

3. Puring that putt and walking it in the hole.

[sailfishchris]

Mine is probably a 10 foot or longer putt that you know is going in at the half way point.

[rjp217]

Pure-ing my 2-iron off the tee, nothing like it.

[lchang]

I like hitting a knock down iron into the wind that comes off perfectly and watching it roll up snug to the flag.

 

I remember remarking that I had a golfgasm the last time I did it. 😂😂

[ChipNRun]

Canning a 20-yard chip and run for a birdie. I miss the green, but still pick up a stroke and probably a skin. Plus, the old timers really howl about how lucky i was!

[GolfChannel]

Flushing a full wedge feels pretty amazing, that said, any flushed shot where it doesn’t feel like a ball even existed is good to me.

[Mcgeeno]

My favorite feeling is a pured long iron from the fairway or tee.

 

You can hide the odd wedge shot if its off the toe or heel a bit. Or you can heel a driver out there and pretend it was ok...

 

JMO.

[Justsomeguy]

Flushed 3 wood off the deck that launches high and straight and goes max carry.

[High Plains Driver]

With all due respect to MtlJeff, it is a 2 or 3 iron flushed from the fairway that flies as high as a wedge with a little draw.

My 3 wood maybe the longest club I hit off the turf, but it is still far easier to hit a great shot with than a 2 iron.

[jjnorris2]

Apart from an ACE a wedge that you zip back to a couple of inches is a good feeling.

[mark174ace]

The best feeling for me is when I stick it close on a really long par 3. For me I consider anything 190+ really long.

[undertheplane]

A flushed driver or a nipped wedge to a tap in.

[coops]

I'm with the long iron contingent... the longerer the better ;-)

 

Nowadays have a nice 'blobby' 19 degree iron which is pretty much as forgiving as a hybrid...

 

But still have my 1 iron...

 

One time, the day after reading George Knudson's "Natural Golf Swing", was swinging well (at my usual driving range) - so pulled it out & hit the best iron shot i've ever hit.

The swing felt perfect, the ball shot off like a cruise missile, the sound and feel at impact...

 

The bonus was, as this was in Bangkok, I could put the club down, take a couple of steps to the back of my bay, sit down and order a jug of beer from a waitress.

 

Sat there with a beer and a dazed grin on my face for quite some time, thinking that all was very, very well with the world.

 

 

 

It doesn't live in my golf bag any longer... but comes out occasionally when needed

 

[KAndyMan]

Any perfectly struck forged MB iron. The sound, feel, turf interaction then watching the next 3-4 seconds unfold thinking "That S.O.B. has a really good chance of going in!" Then watching it hit really close to the hole and staying there. Ive only had 1 hole in one and that almost turned to white noise as soon as it dropped so i cant really recall the feeling that well.

[mstram]

I'm with the long iron contingent... the longerer the better ;-)

 

Nowadays have a nice 'blobby' 19 degree iron which is pretty much as forgiving as a hybrid...

 

But still have my 1 iron...

 

One time, the day after reading George Knudson's "Natural Golf Swing", was swinging well (at my usual driving range) - so pulled it out & hit the best iron shot i've ever hit.

The swing felt perfect, the ball shot off like a cruise missile, the sound and feel at impact...

 

The bonus was, as this was in Bangkok, I could put the club down, take a couple of steps to the back of my bay, sit down and order a jug of beer from a waitress.

 

Sat there with a beer and a dazed grin on my face for quite some time, thinking that all was very, very well with the world.

 

 

 

It doesn't live in my golf bag any longer... but comes out occasionally when needed

 

 

"bay" ?

 

Does this mean you were hitting of a mat ?

 

If so, negative "points" :)

 

Now if it was off grass .... or better still .. hardpan .... downhill lie ... then :)

[mstram]

While not even close to being a long iron (a 7i), I can only WISH I had experienced a good feeling when I tried to hit it off a moderately

down hill "british-open-turf-tight" lie the other day.

 

Not many places to practice that shot .... other than than hole :) .... will have to go back out there one evening.

[BlackDiamondPar5]

I've been playing 15 years now.....And i am ready to state that for me, there is no better feeling in golf than hitting a 3 wood off the deck and hitting a par 5 in two. Let me state the reasons:

 

1) It's the longest club you hit off the deck, so hitting it solid and accurate and watching it rocket off a long way is a testosterone fueling endeavor

 

2) It's one of the hardest clubs to hit off the deck, so there is satisfaction in that

 

3) Hitting a par 5 in two is pretty much an automatic birdie, so that feels nice.

 

There are probably other reasons. Anyway, yesterday i finished my round (caution, non-passive brag alert coming) by hitting a 269yd 3 wood to about five feet.

 

I can't think of another shot that would've felt better

Ha... I can relate to this and just had one, albeit for birdie.

 

I pulled my drive short left on a par 5 into trees. Second shot was a punch off the root ball around the base of a pine and I had a very limited swing-- I made it back to the rough at least with a clear shot to the green. Still 225 out from the rough I hit a 5 wood to 5 feet and made the putt for birdie. Felt awesome!

[dcfas]

A towering 200 yard 4 iron that stops on the dime, stony.

[deadsolid...shank]

I think for me it’s a short/mid iron approach from a nice tight fairway lie.

 

When the swing syncs up perfectly, you can’t even feel the ball its so solid, but you can almost feel the iron cutting out a nice shallow divot.

 

You know it’s a good shot before you even look up.

[daniel gibson]

A perfectly timed hosel rocket that doesn't fly out of bounds.

[cliche]

for me it's a well played wedge shot or chip, that ends up in a gimme distance