What's your best or most memorable round ever?

[SixtySomePing]

Do you have a 'best round'? Is it one where you scored your best, or maybe played with someone special, or had something totally off the wall happen? First round you ever played, some kind of tournament? Whatever it was, what is your best, or most memorable golf round?

[TheInfidel]

First round at Turnberry a few months before the Trump re-design.

 

Very first day of winter twilight rates. Took a 17:01 tee time, not a soul on the course. It was about 20 degrees and the sun was just turning down.

 

Played with my father in law in near perfect conditions on a beautiful track. Striped a 3 iron off the first tee and struck the ball well for the next 17. Bliss

[sevenfourate]

I think the two times i've played the Old Course have been the most 'excited' / happiest i've ever been on the golf course. I've travelled a fair bit of the World and played alot of nice courses, but nothing gets me giddy, alert and ready like a tee-time on St Andrews Old. The Town, the atmosphere, the views, the Course, the vibe all make me feel truly alive.

 

Best round there was +1 in very benign conditions.....which is not my absolute best. But that's not important. I haven't played anywhere ever that's made me happier to be alive and out batting my balls. And thats what its all about hey !

[SBH9458]

Walked Pinehurst 2 with my sons as a Fathers Day gift....couldn’t tell you what I scored, but I can tell you I loved it! Love to do it again someday.

[Hehateme]

personally, I got to join my daughter for her first round of golf ever this year. She is 30 and took up the game and we played 18 at Castle-martyr resort in County Cork Ireland this year.

[Porker]

Shot +1 on Heidelberg Golf course in South Africa ( near Johannesburg) on a windy day with a work buddy... I was on a 10 handicap I think, wish I kept the card.

[Proam1]

So many memories come to mind, it’s worth thanking OP for creating a fun thread like this. Two rounds I remember very fondly are:

 

1)June 2018, Porky Oliver’s GC-Wilmington, DE

 *One of the narliest/no frills muni in my hometown. I had a doctors appointment early in the day, where the urologist reassured me that the small lump in my scrotum was nothing to worry about. The weeks that had led up to the appointment were full of anxiety and uncertainty. Needless to say I had quite the pep in my step during the round of golf later that day. My buddies knew something was up, so had to spill the beans after playing! 
 

2)July 2020, Glen Mills GC, PA

 

Traveled to visit my now fiance’s father, to ask him for his blessing. I’ll never forget the day thanks to him being so gracious and supportive. Had the tee time lined up as a solo, but got paired with a few older gentleman-who I told the big news to, straight away. Couldn’t tell you what I shot, but was floating out there. 

[nsxguy]

July 23, 2012 (I looked up the actual date LOL), Grossinger's Country Club in upstate New York.

 

-1 70 with a triple bogey on 12. I was a 5 index at the time.

 

First season with my G20 irons. Had them about 4 months. Hit 14 greens and 2 fringes. Putter got hot on 14 and I birdied 4 of the last 5 holes.

 

To this day I can still remember every shot and (roughly) where the ball ended up and the result of the hole. Yet I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning.

 

One of the very few times OFF of my home course I've broken par. At home I've probably done it about 60-70 times but OFF my home course, probably around 6, maybe 7 times total.

 

And Grossinger's is a big-time mountain course used for quite a few prestigious Ams in its time. Very fast and undulating greens. (In the interest of full disclosure they weren't running all that fast that day )

 

 

[MikeW2]

August 2007, at a small par 3 course, my son’s first round and sadly my father’s last. Life moves so fast but I remember every one of all of our shots and the laughter like it was yesterday. I’m thankful for a great many things but especially grateful that that day happened.

[Roejye]

Most memorable would be my personal best 1 over 35 at my home course. It actually started out not great, had a tee time at a different course but some morning things ran long and I couldn't make it. It also started out with a double bogey and a double bogey on 4 as well.

My short game was on fire that day, a couple of hole outs, and a couple of chips that lead to tap in putts. Even made my first ever eagle.

Main regret for that round is on the 9th hole. I had a long putt for birdie that I purposely lagged up there. I should have gone after it as I would have hade to have an 8 just to lose the personal best, but it's still a good score of +1.

[Mcgeeno]

I've had rounds that I consider my best or most fun. But only one special round. 

 

That special round was winning my first club championship in 2017. My mom had terminal cancer, a long battle. Many of us have been there, I'm not looking for sympathy on that.

 

She was always supportive of me as a junior golfer. Pick me up, drop me off, pay for everything. One of her last requests was for me to add one more trophy for her. I had taken years of golf in my early twenties as many people do (work, marriage, life, money etc) Unfortunately I was a year late.

 

I just remember the feeling in the parking lot though when I knew I had won. Definitely happiness now looking back but I wept like a baby when I loaded my clubs in the vehicle. I think she asked me to win the trophy because she knew the game would help me going forward. 

 

Golf was my therapy during the best and worst times. Thankfully it still is. 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Mcgeeno

[Chazb]

I used to play in a pretty good skin game and on a four hole stretch I went birdie birdie eagle eagle and that is something I would never duplicate again.On a nine hole course I had five birdies,granted the course was not tough but being a a little better than the average golfer.

[GarretG]

I broke par with 69 as a 14 year old teenager playing in local teams at my home course. Was shocked to come into the clubhouse to find one of my first ever swing coaches beat me with 68 on the nose 😂

[RainShadow]

I have two special rounds.

I shot a 2 over 74 in a 2-3 club wind. Best shot was a 205 yrd. 3 iron to 3 feet for eagle.

The Very nice Canadian couple I was playing with complimented me on my play. ( I think I was around a 10-11 handicap at the time). They said it was a joy to watch a good player. ( Made me feel pretty good)

The other was the last round I played with my dad before he passed away. The week of Thanksgiving 2019. I shot +3 and really had a chance at even, but threw away a couple coming in. He died Feb.19, 2020. I have a picture of us on the 18th tee from that day......

Edited January 23, 2021 by RainShadow
Date mistake.....

[scheff13]

Shot 3 under hitting 4 greens in college. Remember one of my teammates adding up my card saying, "there's no way that's right."

 

Shot 8 under on back to back 9's in a college tournament. Back 9 of of 2nd round, front of 3rd round. Safe to say all the stars aligned that day.

[Snaphooker12]

I had a weekend where I made 15 birdies in 45 holes in a Friday night 9 hole and Saturday and Sunday 18 hole rounds. Probably a 10 at the time.  

[hybrid25]

I am a 14 hc and have shot in the upper 70's several times, but not much lower. Although, on my birthday a couple years ago, I shot a 73 on my home course. Golf was so easy that day, and made a great birthday present for me.

[NRJyzr]

My best is pedestrian by comparison...

 

My personal best is "only" 73.  At the time of my round (late August, 2012), I'd only moved into single digit hdcp territory four years earlier, after 7+ years as an 11-13 hdcp.  

 

Went into the round after having spent the previous year playing a set of Eye2+ as an experiment.  Two rounds previous, I'd put one of my pre-Ping sets into play on a lark, shooting an upper 70s round.  After another round with the Pings, a friend asked why I didn't go back to the set I'd used the previous round, because I hit them better.

 

Well, OK.  LOL

 

Put a set of Ram Tour Grinds in the bag and hit the course.  Hit 14 greens in reg, at least one missed green being in fringe, another missed GIR was from a ball into water on a par 5, where I still saved par.  I hit a half dozen shots within six feet.  It was a crazy level of iron play. 

 

I also made very few putts, except for the par save on the penalty stroke hole, and a birdie on 18, as the most notable.

 

It's memorable because of how well I hit my irons, and how much was left on the table, so to speak.

 

Edited January 25, 2021 by NRJyzr

[lefty1978]

My most memorable round was the last with my Dad in 2006. I had a good round and birdied last 2 holes, we walked off the 18th hole and neither us knew that we would never play again together. His bad back from years of masonry took its toll and then soon after he developed lewy body dementia. He passed in 2013, but we never played golf again after that June day in 2006.

[sheppy335]

Me as a kid, playing golf with my grandparents nothing better. 

 

Me as a Dad, playing golf with my two youngest daughters nothing better. I didnt even care about my golf i just watched them and enjoyed and smiled all 9 holes. 

[derrickhurst]

I was 14 (92) and was going out to play late one Friday morning. Our home course was just a 9 hole track so 18 hole scores (at this course) were never really a thought for me at that time.  Loading my clubs on the cart in haste, my driver (Founders Club Judge) was sticking up out of my bag a bit far and when I backed the golf cart out of the shed I snapped off the head.  I was so mad.  I couldn't believe what I had just done and knew my day was ruined before it got started.  Naturally, I proceeded to use my 3 wood (Original Taylor Made Burner) for my tee shots on all the par 4 and 5s and ended up hitting every fairway and making 9 pars for an even 35.  I think my previous best had been some 38s or 39s.  I had plenty of rounds after that were better or also memorable but this was the only round I can still recall every shot I took.  I distinctly remember thinking to myself shortly after, "What just happened?"

[altess27]

A few stand out to me.

The first time I beat my dad, he was a stick at the time playing to around 0-1 handicap so that was pretty special.  

The last round I ever played with my grandpa, he unfortunately passed due to cancer but gutted it out for one more round with the family. 

The first time I shot sub 70. It was a 67 on a fairly difficult course, I hit so many good shots that day. 

[LeoLeo99]

I was a 12 handicap playing in our annual Calcutta and had never broken 80.  The front 9 was a typical mediocre 43.  Had a long bump and run chip on 10 that I hit real close.  Then I played lights out the next four holes with tap in par and three birdies in a row.  Then two bogies.  Then a par and then standing on 18th tee one under on the back 9 and very nervous.  18th hole is a very tight par 5.  Trees on both sides.  Hit driver just into the right rough.  3wood to about 60 yards short of the green and a sand wedge to 20 feet.  Two putts and it was the best hole I ever played in my life.  My odds were pretty high in the Calcutta as I was the only one to bet on myself and my three birdies on the back were on the hardest holes on the course so they counted for net eagles.  I won a lot of cash.  Enough to pay for the annual club dues and then some.  

[Mcgeeno]

Thinking about this one tonight and I also remember my first tournament.

 

I think I shot something in the mid 80's at 13 or so. Nothing impressive or memorable. Didnt win anything nobody cared.

 

What I do remember from that tournament as a kid was that it was the first time in my life that I felt I could compete in something on my own and it did not matter how big my house was, which school I attended, how much money my parents made or what gear I had.

 

Just your own ability to work hard and compete. Once the tee was in the ground on the first hole everyone is the same and you just have a golf ball and a bag of clubs.

 

[topoftheline89]

      Golfer of two years. Shot my lowest score yet(86) and got my first eagle ever on a par 5.I Hit a longer then usuall drive about 250. Then hit a 3 wood that probably only carried 175 and ran 30 yards up onto the green and stopped pin high, level with a 5 foot putt for Eagle. My dad was there who had only known me as poor golfer throughout childhood. I made the 5 footer with ease and my dad was able to take a video of the putt with my phone so it can be cherrished for years. It was also one of my first rounds using a newly aquired Scotty Cameron Bullseye that I found for $1 at a good will outlet.

[HackDaddy360]

Dropping 63 with two bogeys on my home course when I was 16.  Par 71.  It’s tied for my lowest round ever relative to par but with two bogeys and two missed eagle putts I legitimately thought I had a chance at 59 after going out in 29 on my first 9.  
 

It’s the only round of golf I’ve played where everything literally felt effortless.   Never felt that way before for a full 18 and probably haven’t really since.   As I’m 20 years older now I still remember it and having played a ton of golf since I can say that was a truly special day on the course. 

[lefthack]

Admiral Nimitz golf course in Guam using a set of rental lefty hodgepodge clubs, way too many beers, and nobody around on the 4th of July. It was me and another Navy reservist (he was from Texas). We had a ghetto rental car just to get out there. Epic golf was played.

[Audi A-Fore]

2 rounds come to mind:

 

1) Cordevalle here in the SF Bay Area, fantastic course, formerly of the Fry's/Safeway open PGA tourstop before it moved into Napa. I had 7 birdies in that round, with 1 maybe 2 of them being <8' putts. The rest were bombs of 15-25' putts, all dead center cup, perfect speed. Not to mention several par putts of length, I'd estimate that I made something like 130' putts made that day. Everything just kept going in, it was insane. Oddly, I started and finished with 3 putt doubles on the round, shooting 73.  

 

2) Last summer, at Pebble, shooting 74. It was memorable because of how dead, solid, perfect I was hitting the ball. My caddie would give me a target and I would drill it, almost every time. We also had Stewart Cink in the group behind us with his sons (both D1 college players), so no pressure. I started 3 over on the first 3 holes, then proceeded to play the remaining 15 holes in (-1). On the short par 3 7th, I drained a 15' snake and got the golf clap from Cink on the teebox. I proceeded to play 7,8,9,10 in (-2) which my caddie commented, "you know how many people would pay to shoot (-2) in that stretch??". 8 was a dead-on the flag approach over the water. It's a tough approach to say the least. 9 was another pure one that ran past the flag for a touchy downhill 2 putt par. 10 I made a 18'-ish downhill putt that broke 4' or so for birdie. All day long, it was just point and shoot. Just an awesome day. 

 

For reference, I'm a 4.5, so 73 and 74 on tough tracks like that don't come often. 

[rxk9fan]

After a catastrophic motorcycle accident I was away from golf for about 20 years.  I had a close friend call me up and said he had something on his bucket list.  When I asked, he said he and I needed to play Pebble.  I started golfing again that weekend and about 4 months later we played Pebble and Spyglass.  Being on Pebble's practice green and then on the first tee with a friend of 40 years plus, after the wreck, was about as special as it gets for me.

[Chanceman]

My first second and third holes in one were all on the same hole in a space of 6 weeks - and all in competitions . After the third one I called the pro and asked him was it possible. He told me to take a cold shower. Not an easy hole either - 175 yard with bunkers both sides. The 4 iron and the 3 balls are now under glass. I completely lost it after the 3rd one and shot over 100.