Senior Mens Golf Association - North Ridge Country Club
Raleigh NC USA
Shots of the Day - SGA Tuesdays
This is simply a "historical saving's place" for Shots of the Day from SGA Tuesdays.
- Tuesday October 18, 2011
Al Spicer. Al's last two holes were Lakes 16 and Lakes 17. Both holes were fine pars. On 16, his tee shot was just short of the green and he made a very nice approach shot and the resultant uphill par putt was in the middle of the cup. On Lakes 17, he pulled his drive slightly left into the rough and made a good recovery shot to the middle of the fairway 108 yards to the green - with a back pin facing him. He hit a perfect wedge 2' 5" from the cup and had an "easy" par putt to end the day with two solid pars.
- Tuesday June 28, 2011
Don Lynch. Lakes Par-4 8th. Don pushed his 3-wood drive just to the right of the right-side fairway trap - staying in-bounds. Did the tree bother Don? No! He hit a 5-iron under the tree(s) onto the green and two putted for his net-3. Later on, on the 10th hole Lakes he hit a nice drive and second shot to leave about 110-yards to the front-ish pin. Don's third shot hit the green - but, rolled across the green into the back trap with a downhill lie facing him. Did this bother Don? No! He ignored the downhill-in-the-trap situation, hit a sterling shot to 10-feet from the cup and drained the putt for another net-birdie. I could have selected his earlier play on Lakes 5 as shot(s) of the day..... Don's drive was just short of the creek with a downhill lie. Don hit a terrific iron to just short-left of the 5th green and proceeded to hit a wedge to 9 feet from the pin and one-putted for a net two. Don also had a net two on Lakes 6 and 7. A nice round, today!
- Tuesday June 7, 2011
Karol Rochelson. Oaks Par-4 7th. Karol hit his usual down-the-middle drive and followed that with a beautiful 140-yard shot to the green. The difficult on-a-mound pin was no problem for Karol: A two putt gave him a net eagle! Karol's partner for the day was Willis Hedgepeth and Willis' sterling par-4 was net bridie. Willis' drive was a little left and his second shot was over the fairway bunker AND over the greenside bunker resulting in a two-putt 4. I wish we were playing best-two-of-four this day.
- Tuesday May 24, 2011
Dave Shogren. Oaks Par-5 18th. Dave will not mention the other 17.75 holes; he played terribly today. On Oaks 18th, his final shot FINALLY produced some results. His drive was just OK, short of the right-hand fairway trap. Second shot had to be left-side and he did that, past the corner - just - with about 160 to the mid-level pin. As the shot is uphill, Dave hit a nice 170-yard iron shot to gimmee distance for a birdie/net eagle. Why can't he do this type of thing more often? Answer: His swing is not good enough.
- Tuesday May 3, 2011
Jerry Ettinger. Oaks Par-2 9th. Jerry is our first two-time Shot of the Day winner. Today, he played a wonderful bunker shot for an up-and-down net birdie on Oaks 9. The pin was far-right and Jerry was in the middle-back trap a LONG way from the pin. His sand wedge shot ended up three feet away from the cup and his putt was right in the middle.
- Tuesday March 22, 2011
Don Lynch. Lakes Par-5 4th. Don had a very nice drive down the left-center of the fairway past the 4th-fairway-mound. A slightly pushed second shot left a difficult over-the-trap third shot: Result? One foot short of making it over the trap to the green - and, the ball entered the trap as a fried-egg lie! Now, faced with a quite long bunker shot to the pin: Don hit it out of the trap stiff-to-the-pin! Net birdie. Well done. If Don's partner had played average today.... Oh, well, there are other SGA Tuesdays. A beautiful day, though!
- Tuesday October 19, 2010
John Wenhart. Oaks Par-5 18th. John placed his well-struck drive directly into the middle of the fairway just short of the right-side first set of fairway traps. After he slightly pushed his second shot, he was blocked from "around the corner" and placed his third shot perfectly 50 yards short of the front pin. His fourth shot went onto the green - and, into the hole for four; a net eagle! Well done.
- Tuesday October 12, 2010
Jim Hickman. Lakes Par-4 7th. Although a par-4, Lakes #7 plays, for many of us, as a par-5. Jim, playing from the Blue tee, hit a wonderful down-the-middle-of-the-fairway drive, leaving an uphill 178-yard second shot to a back pin. His hit-perfectly iron shot was just over the green and past the fringe in the rough. A perfectly-struck sandwedge just past the pin led to an "easy" one-putt par 4. A great par on a beautiful day.
Jim Hickman's Second Shot, Uphill 178 Yards - A "Shot of the Day"
- Tuesday October 5, 2010
Jerry Ettinger. Oaks Par-5 11th. Jerry was on the upward slope, in the rough on the right side of the fairway and just short of the trap past the creek. He hit a terrific 133-yard shot to the back fringe of the green, 14.5 feet from the back pin. He hit the middle of the cup for a net three.
- Tuesday September 21, 2010
Dean DeMasi. Hit a beautiful 143 yard shot across the pond to the Oaks #8 green - 12 feet 4 inches to the hole. Drained the putt for a net one.
- Tuesday April 13, 2010
Dave Mazo. 12th Hole Lakes. Dave pulled his drive left, ending up short of the first trap and slightly blocked by the left-side trees. 188 yards from the green. Dave hit a perfect draw shot that landed just ten yards short of the green, rolling to the middle of the green setting up a sure two putt (he did so!).
- Tuesday March 30, 2010
Willis Hedgepeth. Oaks 9th Hole. Willis hit a nice drive, middle of the fairway, about 50 yards short of the water. The pin was middle-back right. Willis is 166 yards from the pin and with no hesitation hit over the water, to the green, ending up five feet from the pin. Drained the putt for a birdie-3. Definitely, any of his shots could have been Shot of the Day! One of our 3-some (yes, me...) had a perfect drive and after two balls in the water had a smooth 9 on this par-4. I was happy to see Willis's shot and know how to play the hole. Someday....
- Tuesday March 9, 2010
Ed Utley. Oaks 3rd Hole. Ed hit a beautiful tee shot just over the left bunker that rolled slightly downhill to six feet from the pin. Don Lynch was his partner and Don hit a wonderful second shot, over the bunker, to the green from the rightside area. Don drained his putt for a par/net two. Ed? He hit it right in the middle of the cup for a birdie/net one. I made a 35-footer for a birdie/net two. Ed's "one" wins shot of the day - but, our foursome had a fine hole!
- Tuesday February 23, 2010
Norm Chambers. Oaks 15. Norm hit his tee shot 36 feet PAST the pin on this don't-be-long-with-a-front-pin-placement green. He hit a perfect putt to gimmee distance. Someday I will do this....
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