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12-25-2007, 02:08 AM
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| 1st eagle I hope this doesn't make anyone mad, it was in the mid 40's to low 50's here today on Christmas Eve. Me and my oldest step-son played 27 holes. We both had nothing to do and all day to do it,  . Santa brought me some FootJoy winter golf gloves and I was dying to try them out. They kept my hands nice and warm, but will take some getting used to. I took them off once the morning chill burned off and it got into the upper 40's. My home course is a 9 hole par 35 so we played it 3 times obviously. The 1st 9 I was hacking it up pretty bad and shot a 46 and he shot a 42. The 2nd time around I shot a 45 and him a 43. But the 3rd time around we were both warmed up, the temp had gotten into the 50's and we were both playing pretty good. We swapped the lead back and forth all the way around till the last hole where I par'ed it and he bogeyed to give me a 39 and him a 40. But to the important news, on the 2nd hole the 3rd time around I hit my tee shot to the left into the rough about 60 yards out on a 307 yard par 4. My son was in the fairway about 40 out and hit a sand wedge to within 10 feet of the pin. I could see the top of the flag due to a hill and hit a PW straight at the flag. I knew it was flying straight at it but couldn't see it land and my son wasn't watching it either. We got to the green and he was bragging about how close he was to the flag and I was looking for my ball. I knew it should have been on the green but couldn't see it. Then I noticed just a touch of white sticking up out of the hole by the flag. I started walking towards the flag and suddenly knew that was my ball so I told him, "yeah Chris, that's a pretty darn good approach shot, but you might want to come look at this" He walked over and sure enough, there was my Srixon wedged between the flag and the edge of the cup. I'd made my 1st ever Eagle, . I took my mini Sharpie and wrote the date12/24/07, and "1st Eagle" on it. It now has a place of pride in my golf ball display.
__________________ Cleveland HiBore XL 9.5º, Matrix Ozik Code 6 Stiff or Cleveland HiBore XL Tour 9.5º, Aldila VS Proto By You 65g stiff Cleveland HiBore 3W, Matrix Ozik Code 6 stiff Tee CB1 4 wood, Aldila NVS 65g stiff Srixon i506 Forged irons,3-PW, Nippon NS Pro 950gh Srixon WG-504 - 54º bent to 52º,56º & 60º wedges Scotty Cameron Circa 62 #2 or Scotty Cameron Newport Studio 2.5 Datrek Michelob Ultra Tech cart bag Bridgestone e6's Canton,Ms. The Links of Madison County  |
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12-25-2007, 09:16 AM
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| Great story, man. Excellent stuff ! It is things like this that make your day, and more importantly make you thankful that you play this great game, even though it can really pi$$ you off on occasion. 
__________________ "Golf takes us away from our everyday worries. It allows us to lose ourselves in the beauty of our natural surroundings. And it provides a serene setting for enjoying the camaraderie of our fellow players. No matter how good we get at it, golf always makes us strive to do better. In golf, as in life, there is no perfection, but we can always seek it. Golf constantly challenges us to aim farther, try harder, and be more than we are today. And really, what game could be better than that...?" |
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12-25-2007, 10:18 AM
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| A great xmas story. A hearty Congrats
__________________ R7 425 TP 9.5* Aldila Proto by you REG R7 Quad TP Aldila Proto by you Reg R5 3 wood 15* stock 55 gram shaft Nike hybrid wood 18* Proto by You Reg. Nike hybrid wood 22* ProLaunch Blue stiff Hogan CFT Edge 4 iron 5.5 PX Rifle Apex XP905 Pro series 5i-pw irons Rifle 5.5 shafts Maruman 52* wedge 6* bounce TT S-200 shaft Vokey SM60-04 PX 5.5 PX shaft Scotty Circa 62 #6 My FAV SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH! |
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12-25-2007, 11:31 AM
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| Congrats on your first eagle! I still have my first Eagle ball, an Orange Top Flite II. 
__________________ Crooked Cat + Crooked Driver = Crooked numbers on the card. Taylor Made R5 TP 9.5*, Mitsubishi Diamana Blue Board S83 Stiff aka "Rodney" Wishon 949MC 16.5* 4W, Aerotech Steel Fiber SS75 Stiff Bobby Jones H3-21*, H4-25*. Graphite Design JS-7 Stiff Ping i10 5-PW, UW, SW, LW, Z-Z65 Stiff, WRX Custom TS Grind PW-LW . Rife 2 Bar Black Mallet. 33" 150g TLP back weight. ----------------------------------- John "Bravo" Bretz 1955-2008 ----------------------------------- |
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12-25-2007, 09:54 PM
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| "I hope this doesn't make anyone mad, it was in the mid 40's to low 50's here today on Christmas Eve." Your "hope" isn't doing much good! I don't know you, but don't like you at all!! We're still snow covered with another couple inches predicted for tomorrow. Been something like 5 straight weekends since I've got to play. The fact that you got out to play on Christmas Eve makes me wish you'd gotten frostbite!!!!! Hey, great shot!!! And EAGLE!!! Isn't that a neat feeling? Congrats!! My first was similar. Had sliced a drive right of the fairway so had a blind shot over a small hill. Could only see the tip of the flag. Son-in-law had hit a good drive down the pike. He was just cresting the hill when he saw my second shot hit the green, bounce a couple of times and dive into the hole. He was more excited than I. Keep swinging and more good shots like that will happen. You'll really remember this Christmas for many years to come!
__________________ Driver: Painfully playing a plethora of pathetic candidates hoping to stumble onto something that works!! 2 wood: Cleveland HiBore XL 16 degree A fairway finder that makes the game rather boring. Hybrid: Ping G10 18 degree Heck! It's a Ping!!! Irons: Ping Eye 2+ BeCu 3-LW Difficult to improve on perfection. Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Design #5 BP/MB A thing of beauty... a delight to the eyes... desired by many but enjoyed by only a luckey few! |
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12-25-2007, 10:58 PM
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12-26-2007, 12:10 AM
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| Congrats,my friend and great story...
__________________ TaylorMade r7 SuperQuad 10.5* TaylorMade r5 dual 12* Grafalloy ProLite RFLEX TaylorMade r5 dual 5w Tour Lite Penley TaylorMade r7 draw 3w RE AX RFLEX TaylorMade RAC 3i-9i,pw,sw EQ Rapport shafts TaylorMade putter ROSA MONZA And one old Ben Hogan lw |
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12-26-2007, 10:33 AM
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| Awesome shot man. Now that's an Xmas present. I've only had 1 as well and it came on a short par 4 also. I hit a 5iron off the tee and had about 70yds. I hit a 54* wedge cut like I'd planned, it hit the green and broke to the right. I had the luxury of seeing it the whole way and it was like slow motion rolling into the cup. I threw my wedge in the air and was dancing around hooting and hollaring like a fool. What a feeling.
__________________ Hello Acushnet Cobra SpeedPro D 10.5 VS Proto 65-S TourEdge CB1 13* CompNT 85-S Titlies 906F4 18.5* VS Proto 80-S Titleist 704CB 3i-PW Vokey SM 54* Vokey SM 60* Rife 2bar Hybrid Ogio Vaporlite Stand bag Hndcp - 10.7  Singles are ComingLocation - Providence, RI |
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12-27-2007, 11:53 AM
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12-27-2007, 12:26 PM
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| I had a wee eddie the eagle today: Huuuuge 3-wood, 9-iron to about 10 feet and suck her. Holed 2 great birdie putts on the hole either side of that one for a good 'mini-run.'
__________________ "Golf takes us away from our everyday worries. It allows us to lose ourselves in the beauty of our natural surroundings. And it provides a serene setting for enjoying the camaraderie of our fellow players. No matter how good we get at it, golf always makes us strive to do better. In golf, as in life, there is no perfection, but we can always seek it. Golf constantly challenges us to aim farther, try harder, and be more than we are today. And really, what game could be better than that...?" |
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