Mattyv So I missed the part where it mentioned the best shot of your LAST round.

I think that was edited into the post later, because I was also thinking of my best shot 5 years ago when I first saw this thread in the morning,

      Yesterday's round 30 yards from green, third shot from under a low hanging leafed tree to a raised green. Hooded. a 58* LW off my back foot and punched it off the raised side of the green that popped up and stopped one foot away and made par.

      Short 120 yard par 3. Bladed my tee shot 20 yards past the elevated green, a bit left of the hole, into some thick stuff.

      Maltby Sand Slider to 10 feet and buried the putt for par.

        HybridWood Short 120 yard par 3. Bladed my tee shot 20 yards past the elevated green, a bit left of the hole, into some thick stuff.

        Maltby Sand Slider to 10 feet and buried the putt for par.

        My game in a nutshell.......................🤣

          I had two birdies today including one on #18 which gave me a 79. However it was the first birdie that was the shot of the day for me. I had a snakey, downhill right-to-left 25-footer for the bird . . . Nothing but cup! 😁

          Mattyv. Yea, I missed that too. So my best would be the 12 foot putt I made on 18 for birdie. #1 handicap hole, but I don't see how

            My best shot today was a trap shot. I should confess that I'm not usually very good out of traps, but a few
            weeks ago I got out my Maltby M-series 56/10 wedge and bent it to 58/12 as an experiment. I also read an old
            Harvey Penick tip about pointing the butt of the club at your zipper when setting up for a trap shot. It's
            been working pretty well lately, and today I blasted one to about a foot away to save a par.....

              fatshot

              Nice sand save! I struggle for consistency with bunker shots so I'll have to try the Penick tip you mentioned.

                  Supp I think the reason that it works is that it exposes the bounce or rear edge of the wedge
                  better than having your hands ahead of the ball (which I used to do!). That makes the leading edge "dig"
                  into the sand too deep, and (for me, anyway) causes me to leave the ball in the sand! To a guy who knows what he's doing, this is probably "Sand Play 101." For me, it was like "Where has this been all these years???"

                  Good luck with it!

                    Maybe the best 60 yard wedge shot of my playing days. 60 degree wedge, 3/4 swing, proper toupee sized divot, medium trajectory, 10 feet below the hole and stopped quick. It seemed so easy at the time.

                    fatshot

                    Supp
                    I was stuck in a bunker for a few strokes and had a heck of a time. The guy I was playing with saw my pained look and told me his trick.
                    Pretend the ball it on a tee, now hit the tee out from under the ball. It has worked every time for me.

                          Walterjn

                          I've heard of that one before. Maybe the next time I'm in a bunker I'll try that combined with the Penick tip. I'll probably end up in the bunker across the green.🙄

                              Supp it works for me, I was playing with another guy, and he was amazed at how easily I was getting out of the bunker. I told him that tip and he tried it and said that was a far easier tip than what he had been using. Something about a dollar bill behind the ball...

                                  Walterjn I think I like the idea of hitting the tee out more...

                                  That one is good and so is this one:

                                    A scramble for me today, and the best shot came early. 192 yards for our approach into the first hole, wind into off the left, playing last with the best shot so far being about 5 yards short of the green - hit a knockdown 3-wood to 2 feet to give us a fast start. (We ended up with a 3-under 65 (net 61) on a tough day for scoring - the wind picked up significantly after the first few holes, and par was a good score on most holes, even with 4 tries at each shot.)