I came within about 5 feet of getting a hole-in-one on a 269-yard par 4...

[Random Variable]

It was actually the last hole I played today because afterwards it started raining like crazy. I think I would have quit the game of golf if the ball had gone in the hole.

 

[etalns]

Haha, that is fantastic.

The closest I have come is a few inches from the hole on a ~150 par 3.

Must have been an extremely strong drive!

 

[SVT Cobra]

wow congrats...it woulda been awesome if it went in...

still great though

 

[Kalbi]

...but you still got a birdie?

 

[lobadobadingdong]

an eagle on a par 4 still isn't bad.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Qosis
Haha, that is fantastic.

The closest I have come is a few inches from the hole on a ~150 par 3.

Must have been an extremely strong drive!

I average 235-240 yards with my driver. So 269 yards is farther than I normally hit the ball.

 

[dethman]

hehe i hope you didn't 3putt from 5 feet afterwards.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Kalbi
...but you still got a birdie?

eagle

 

[Xylitol]

Ah geez
The best i did was like a 5 on a par 3

 

[Random Variable]

It was the 15th hole at Chick Evans Golf Course in Morton Grove, Illinois.

 

[Saint Nick]

shens.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: jndietz
shens.

Nope, it's true.

269 yards is not a long par 4. It probably could be considered an extremely long par three.

 

[CrystalBay]

GJ , I know the feeling I've come within an inch or three several times.

 

[ruffilb]

grats!!

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: jndietz
shens.

Nope, it's true.

269 yards is not a long par 4. It probably could be considered an extremely long par three.

nice..

was this from the back tees? if so thats a really short par 4

 

[WhiteKnight]

Still not too shabby. I've only played gold once but I birdied a par 3. My friend, who had been playing a while, couldn't believe it. I had a decent tee shot followed by a lucky-as-hell putt from about 20 feet.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: jndietz
shens.

Nope, it's true.

269 yards is not a long par 4. It probably could be considered an extremely long par three.

nice..

was this from the back tees? if so thats a really short par 4

269 from the back tees, 251 from the middle tees, and 233 from the front tees. Chick Evans is not a long course. There are only two par fives (497 yards and 486 yards) and it plays only 5626 yards from the back tees.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: jndietz
shens.

Nope, it's true.

269 yards is not a long par 4. It probably could be considered an extremely long par three.

nice..

was this from the back tees? if so thats a really short par 4

269 from the back tees, 251 from the middle tees, and 233 from the front tees. Chick Evans is not a long course. There are only two par fives (497 yards and 486 yards) and it only plays 5626 yards from the back tees.

so its an executive course

whats ur handicap?

still a 250 yard drive is pretty long... was it downhill and downwind?

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: jndietz
shens.

Nope, it's true.

269 yards is not a long par 4. It probably could be considered an extremely long par three.

nice..

was this from the back tees? if so thats a really short par 4

269 from the back tees, 251 from the middle tees, and 233 from the front tees. Chick Evans is not a long course. There are only two par fives (497 yards and 486 yards) and it only plays 5626 yards from the back tees.

so its an executive course

whats ur handicap?

still a 250 yard drive is pretty long... was it downhill and downwind?

Executive course are a little bit shorter; I haven't had an handicap since I played golf in high school; the ball landed on the fly about ten feet from the hole and made a huge divot in the green; the hole was slightly uphill; and the wind was blowing from right to left.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: jndietz
shens.

Nope, it's true.

269 yards is not a long par 4. It probably could be considered an extremely long par three.

These days that's not even a crazy 3. My home course has a par 3 that plays 258 from the back tees and there are a few on the PGA Tour that long. When the US Open is played at Oakmont in 2007 the USGA plans on lengthening the 265 yard par 3 8th hole to something above 285.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Congrats on your 1 putt..

 

[royce]

good job, so did my friend last week, exciting stuff