shirfan
Birdie Member
I've put my star Shark in from 100+ feet on three occasions. No aces yet, although there have been a few drop-in deuces.... one of them coming from the blue tee with a large audience of drunken kickball players
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Well, that assumes a perfectly flat shot heading straight from you to the basket. What about a hyzer flip or s-curve shot that low speed fades downward into the basket from above and to the side. My one ace, and the other times I've come close, thats how its been for me, and the ones that missed usually fade a little too soon or late. They tend to land pretty close to the basket and stay, due to the downward angle.
Nevermind, I guess my point was lost.If you've got a nice big open hole that's not too far... that's an option.
But a spike hyzer would also seem to decrease the relevant opening size of the basket because of the angle of approach.
ERic
i kinda disagree with "ace is a bad shot, gone good.." it's a good shot gotten lucky if anything...the way i see it, you have to be high enough to get in(therefore going past if you miss). imo, alot of "newbies" tend to throw low/short on all shots, including putts. maybe its a confidence thing?
the point we are trying to make Eric is that there is enough evidence that an ace is not always a bad shot gone good - a bit lucky? yes, but not a bad shot
so blindly assuming that steady ed quote is always true is rather dumb imo
If you're playing a 300' hole and throwing hard/high enough off the tee to hit chains and you miss... you're going to blow past by usually at least 30'. For most people that's a 2-putt.
If you throw a tee shot to park it inside the 30' circle you will often take a 2 on the hole.
Given the statistically infrequency of aces the second scenario is a better tee shot in terms of overall score.
If you've got a nice big open hole that's not too far... that's an option.
But a spike hyzer would also seem to decrease the relevant opening size of the basket because of the angle of approach.
ERic