What was your Shot of the Year?

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  1. Eric S., Team Titleist Staff

    Eric S., Team Titleist Staff
    Sandwich, MA

    Team Titleist Staff

    This week over on the Team Titleist Tour Blog, we're asking several Titleist Brand Ambassadors and golf ball players one question: What was your Shot of the Year?

    Here on the discussion boards, we'd love for Team Titleist members to give us the inside scoop on their most important swings of 2011.

    And be sure to give it some thought.

    Webb Simpson, who won two times this season on his way to breaking into the top 10 in the world rankings, told us his Shot of the Year was a 4-iron that landed 20 feet from the hole at an event that he didn't even win…

    Why? Check out his explanation by clicking here, and then tell us all about the swing that had the greatest effect on your season.

    We look forward to reading all of your responses!

  2. eagle3

    eagle3
    Fairfax, IA

    Playing down in Texas this year on a local course, Los Ebanos, on a par 5 across water. Water is about 220 yds. from the Blue tee box. Our group had decided that anyone 75 and younger had to hit from the Blue instead of the white tee box so that it would equalize the differences in age when playing on teams that are drawn by straws. You all know how that goes and you do get some that can hit better than others and we all had to have at least one woman on the team. Teams were rated on best score for the team in the best ball tourney. Being the last one up on my team and watching Bill lay up as he was uncertain if he could clear the water. I made the shot of the year and using a ProV1, hit a 355 yd. shot over the water and we made the green in two and as a result and just missed an eagle by inches. I don't know if it gave me a lot more confidence in my game, but it was certainly the shot of a lifetime and at 70 yrs. young I enjoyed every minute of it.

  3. Carlo Angelo

    Carlo Angelo
    Rancho Cucamonga, CA

    For me it would be one of the clutch shots that I made on the Championship match of my Tuesday league. Nothing spectacular but just making those pressure shots were satisfying. The last approach shot, 120 yd PW that landed about 10ft to the pin which won the match stands out. 

    Hopefully next season on my 17th yr it would be my first hole-in-one.... 

  4. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    Holing out a 20 yd over the bunker shot on Riverwalk Friars #8 (403 yd par 4) for birdie with a Vokey 60-07. My drive was a bit high and short so my 2nd shot was a 7 wood to the green and it landed in front of the bunker. Drove around the back of the green, grabbed the putter and saw no ball until I looked in the hole.
  5. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce
    Georgetown MA

    I few home and played against an old friend that I'm awfully competitive with. We’re competitive in a variety of things but he just strips the ball off the tee. I usually beat him in the end, but he just loves to bask in the distance of his tee ball. The whole time we were warming up he kept making jabs about his superior driving distance. First hole of our first match he ripped it down the pipe and flashed me a little cocky smile. I just tried to make good solid contact and hit the best drive of my life. It flew his ball with a little draw and rolled it out another 15 yards. It set the tone for the rest of the round and the weekend, and even better, I will always have the look on his face when I said "you're away" etched in my mind.
  6. Ted M

    Ted M
    North Smithfield, RI

    For Me it was this July in Ma., it was the 18 hole and I needed par to shot even par for the 1st time. I pushed my drive right in the rough, it left me 125 out up the hill and had to go over some trees. With a good swing and good contact the ball cleared the trees and was on line for the pin. With an elevated green I couldn't tell how close I was. When I got up to the green I saw I was 15 feet from the pin. That was my shot of the year. My putt lipped out for the birdie, but I was still happy to shoot even for the 1st time.
  7. Geoffrey B

    Geoffrey B
    Celina, OH

    great story man

  8. Zach M

    Zach M

    It was last weekend actually,I'm 13 years old and I was playing at my home course,council fire,Chattanooga Tennessee, it was a 140 yard par 3 #7, I hit a solid 7 iron,I forgot to mention this green is very elevated so anything short is rolling down in the large swale and anything long is in a swamp,I hit a really solid shot but it hit the side of the green and stuck and then all of a sudden I noticed it slowly rolling down the hill, I didn't know where my ball ended up until I got up to the green and saw it sitting up on a root on a huge oak tree,it was right next to the tree and I had no room to swing,I took out my wedge and came straight down on it it flew up in the air and had so much backspin it stuck right next to the hole,a tap in par is fine by me,I wouldn't say it was my best shot but definEtly my most memorable, even tho it totaled my beloved clevland 56 degree
  9. Stephen C

    Stephen C

    My shot of the year (more like a year and a half ago) would have to be my double eagle. It was at River Ridge Golf Club. I played the first nine with two bogeys and two birdies for an even par 36. Went to the 10th hole, a 550 yd par 5. I hit a pretty good drive down the right side of the fairway and found myself 245 yds out. The hole plays up the hill so all i could see was the front edge of the green. I pulled out my old reliable Adams 3 wood, and lauched a nice high cut that looked like it landed right on track for the pin. I figured it rolled over the green and got in the cart, as we got closer to the green the ball was no where to be found. I looked all over the green to keep from getting my hopes up and eventually found it in the hole!! It was amazing but i got nervous, barely pared the next hole and bogeyed the next 4 holes. Shot a 72 only because of a great birdie on the 18th hole. The course played 7200 yds btw.
  10. Tim Tiger

    Tim Tiger
    Tucson, AZ

    On October 8th, I made my first hole in one while playing Medinah #3.  I made it on hole #8.

    It was during an awesome weekend sponsored by FootJoy.

  11. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    T.Tiger said:

    On October 8th, I made my first hole in one while playing Medinah #3.  I made it on hole #8.

    It was during an awesome weekend sponsored by FootJoy.

    I would drool to play Medinah (I'm a Chicago person myself) - saw it every time we went to Adventureland back in the '60s and '70s. My dad has played the Monster a couple times back in the day. In regards to some of the others talking about putting fairway woods on the green... I do it with regularity using my 7 wood (I've pretty much whipped the 165-185 yard par 3s into submission; the 165 being those that play longer and are uphill). Yesterday's shot had to be one of the sloppiest GIRs with a 7W - the shot flew slightly left and ended up on the dance floor close enough (about 6') to sink a birdie putt - that isn't sloppiest, though; I hit a bit of a banana ball on a downhill 185 yd par 3 about 6 months ago and it rolled right on the green. My general 7W or 5H on the long par 3s is usually a slight draw that goes to the right of the green and goes to the center.
  12. Dominic R

    Dominic R
    Houston, TX

    A hole in one with a 4 iron from around 190yds. The best part about it is that it was in the dark while playing for a dollar a hole!!

  13. JPHB

    JPHB
    Brooklyn, NY

    for me it was a 5 iron I hit during one of my foursome's final rounds for our season-long competition, The Fed-Up Cup.

    I was only about 145 from the 18th green, uphill, into a pretty strong wind, I gripped down on my 5 iron and made a solid swing and just hit the ball perfectly, it ended up about 8 feet from the pin.  It's my shot of year because I played smart by taking plenty of club, and I was able to pull off a low punch show that I had been practicing.  I really wanted at least a par on the final hole, and I managed to get it and win the competition.

     

    Jason

  14. Mike P

    Mike P
    Augusta, GA

    Mike P. Tournament, Mt. Vintage Plantation, weekend 10/22. Par 5 #14-531Yds., second shot 223 up hill on a upward lie, could not see Green, used 3 iron, new it would draw on the up hill lie, made the shot, could not see until arriving at the green. Ended up appx. 18' from hole. Ended up with Eagle. Thank You
  15. Dave D

    Dave D
    Scituate, MA

    My shot of the year was on the 15th at my home course Widows Walk, Scituate, MA. This short par 5 requires accuracy because there is trouble everywhere, and the fairway meanders left and right. As I always do on this hole, I hit my 910Fd off the tee because the landing zone for my driver is about a 10 yard circle. I was left with 220 to a green guarded by a huge, deep bunker -- it's death down there. I drew my 710MB 3-iron and hit it perfect in every way. I ended up with a 3ft putt for eagle and walked away with my 3. I love it when a shot does exactly what you pictured in your head.

  16. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce
    Georgetown MA

    Dave D said:

    My shot of the year was on the 15th at my home course Widows Walk, Scituate, MA. This short par 5 requires accuracy because there is trouble everywhere, and the fairway meanders left and right. As I always do on this hole, I hit my 910Fd off the tee because the landing zone for my driver is about a 10 yard circle. I was left with 220 to a green guarded by a huge, deep bunker -- it's death down there. I drew my 710MB 3-iron and hit it perfect in every way. I ended up with a 3ft putt for eagle and walked away with my 3. I love it when a shot does exactly what you pictured in your head.

    You've gotta love that feeling.  You make contact and say, oh man this is gonna be good!

  17. Todd L

    Todd L
    Albany, NY

    I'm on the 14th hole about 228 yards out. Took my 909F3 18* and hit a Pro V1x to about 8' from the pin with a perfect fade. My playing partner stood there watching it and as it came to a rest said - that's shot of the year....right there. I'm usually not in a position to do so but still, it wound up being the only green I hit this year with a fairway wood.
  18. Colesimons22

    Colesimons22
    Cedarburg, WI

    My shot of the year was my first eagle ever. I hit a perfect 3 wood to the front of the green where I was on the fringe and chipped in. Either one of those were the were my shots of the year. By the way I'm 13.
  19. Michael R

    Michael R
    Amityville, NY

    I grew up 5 min down the road from Bethpage State Park and have played the famed Black Course countless times. In the past year my golf handicap has gotten down to a 4 from a 9. So about two weeks ago I set out on the Black Course for what i planned to be the last time for the year. I played from the back tees and wound up with my best score ever on the course, 77. Aside from the score, this round was remembered for what I consider to be my shot of the year. The 4th hole on the Black is a three- tiered Par 5 stretching to 539 yards. But what the hole lacks in length, it makes up in elevation. To reach the green in two the second shot requires an extreme uphill shot to a green guarded in front with bunkers and sloping front to back. Well for the first time ever I was able to hold a 4 iron on this green from about 200 yards. The shot was unbelievable, in the near 50 times I've played the course I can only remember two other people I witnessed hold that green in two. I then preceded to lip out an eagle and tap in my birdie. While this wasn't my lowest score of the year, I consider it possibly my best round of the year on a course playing that long and tough; furthermore it came with my best shot of the year.
  20. Eric V

    Eric V
    Boxborough

    It was this past weekend.  Par 3 126 yards, I hit a picture perfect pitching wedge dead at the stick. When I got to the green I saw that I hit it six inches left of the cup.  It was such a good feeling hitting it flush and watch the ball sail straight towards the hole.

  21. Ben M

    Ben M
    0, 0

    This summer during a major slump, I went to my last tourny of the season, on the 5th hole, I pushed my tee shot left and almost hit it O.B..  I punched just short of the green, and dropped my next shot from 40 yds to make my second straight birdie.  I went on to shoot 36 on the front and ended up finished solo 6th.  It was a great way to finally get out of a whole summer slump.

     

     

    Ben

  22. Ethan P

    Ethan P
    Whitney, TX

    Mine was a 2-iron from 215 yards on a par 5 that help me stay in my club matchplay championship. It ended up ten or fifthteen feet from the flag but I ended up losing the match in a playoff.
  23. Jared I

    Jared I

    Playing an 18 hole round with a friend. He tells me on the way to the course that he has been playing well, and thinks he can beat me. We tee off on hole 1, he birdies, I bogey. Hole 2, he pars, I bogey. Teeing off on 3 he starts to tell me about how this is the day that he is gonna beat me, and have the bragging rights. At the end of 9 he was +1, and I was +5. We both pared 10-13, but that streak was broken with my birdie on the 14th. Walking to the 15th tee he says "You'll need a lot more than one birdie to beat me today!" Enjoying the friendly competition, I accepted the challenge. 160 yard par 3 15th, I hit an amazing 7 iron right at the flag about a foot from the hole. The tap in birdie was the 2nd of 4 birdies in a row. All while he fell apart, and I won. Even though it was only a friendly round. It was a well hit ball, while having someone try to get in my head. It was a clutch shot, and one of my best this year.

  24. Pete D

    Pete D
    Plaistow, NH / Ft. Myers, FL

    I just posted my 71st round of the year in GHIN and got my index to a low of 1.2 after almost never being below 3, but my shot of the year was not in one of those posted rounds, but in the New Hampshire Father & Son Championship played in an alternate shot format. My son Kevin and I felt we were in contention at bogey-free 5-under on the 18th tee. We could certainly feel the pressure and I was left with a flop shot over a bunker to a tight pin on 18. I hit the wedge to about 5 feet and my son made the putt for the victory!
  25. William B

    William B

    My shot of the year was a very tough chip-in on the 18th hole to win my club championship.
  26. eagle3

    eagle3
    Fairfax, IA

    I may have related this before in another forum question, but I just experienced another shot just before the weather turned cold.

    On the par 5 where we play I was 245 yds. out from the green and hit a 3 wood to within 8 feet of the hole. At my age, 71 in now 7 days away, I consider that darn good. And I even managed a birdie.

  27. Gordon F

    Gordon F
    Sherwood Park, Alberta

    A couple shots come to mind. First was a drive on a links style course, drawed the perfectly fitting the shape of the fairway. Second was a putt from 72 feet out to for a birdie on a par 3 with the California Del Mar. Caught one of the friends napping with as he was warming up to chip, ball hits pin, looks up and says "did that just happen?".

  28. John L

    John L
    Dewey, OK

    i dont know if its really my shot of the year but its my most recent memory of really good shots.

    In my last tournament of the year i was on a up hill 326 yard par 4. it was a par for with an elevated box and an even more elevated green with a vally in the middle wiht a fairway. i use that fabulus 910 D3 8.5 xstiff and just said why not. in the end i drove the back of the green on the fly we guessed it was some where in the 336-346 carry range. we know it could be no shorter than the 326 becouse the tees were at the laser marker in the ground. so if that was to the middle and i carry'd the back of what we call (army greens) couse they are big and cant miss. We figured it would have to be atleast 336 on level ground so you can make a guess about the distance with it being elevated. anyways the group ahead of us stuck around to watch the putt that i missed but i did walk off birdie. i think anyone would take a two put birdie on a par 4

    greens and fairways to all

  29. Chris H

    Chris H

    Two weeks ago, my buddies and I had a little grudge match going on. Going into 17 I was 3 shots down. Tee shot was a must and I hit the ball straight down the middle, 290 yards. I was 210 yards out, par five, and I was in between clubs. I chose the 4 iron and made one of the best swings all day. I landed about 25 feet left of the pin. The pressure was now on my buddy and did it get to him. He missed his approach shot and chipped up about 15 feet for par.  being out, i now had an eagle put that had two beaks and was going down hill. Once again, i put a smooth stroke on the ball and drained the putt for a 3. Buddy missed his par putt so we went into 18 tied. we ended the round tied but hole 17 was one the best three shots i put together for the entire year..

  30. Andy M

    Andy M
    Auburn, NY

    My most memorable moment for 2011 was about an 8 foot put for birdie. I was only playing nine (par was 36) by myself and I was already 5 over for 3 holes. I was about to quit. Next four holes were all pars! After I made a 10 footer for birdie on a long downhill par 5 over the water on 8 (on in 3), I decided I should go for the 39. I hit my 5 wood about 7-10 feet away, and sunk the put! That put was my shot of the year because I never expected any of this to happen!

  31. Juddster

    Juddster
    Haddonfield, NJ

    Easy one for me although I hit some memorable ones this year but non as memorable as my Hole in One Feb 16th on the 17th hole of the Island course at Innesbrook. Its a shot I will never forget! I used a 4 iron AP2 and a Pro V1x #6 on the 190 yard hole.

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