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Re: Can someone post me how to hit straight in merion back 9 par 3

• 1,148 Posts

  Sat, May 25 2013 12:59 PM

  Can someone post me how to hit straight in merion back 9 par 3

  Post ur eagle shot replay video if u have. I just need to find how to adjust for wind. I either left or right always.

• 1,148 Posts

  Sat, May 25 2013 1:50 PM

  anyone

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sat, May 25 2013 2:10 PM

  If you check my posts you will find a score card showing two eagles.  It's not a image I have saved.

  The first time I played Merion I shot 58. I don't think I could shoot better than 60 if I shot the course every day from now until Christmas.

  That score was worth 26th place the day I shot it. It's now worth 129 or thereabouts. I would love to qualify for the tournament, but I will not is someone shoots a 52 or a few more people shoot a 53.

  I'm a realist. That 58 was a huge stroke of luck. I won't attempt to beat it.

• 1,148 Posts

  Sat, May 25 2013 4:12 PM

  I do not see any merion replay in your profile

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Sat, May 25 2013 6:27 PM

  Are you looking for a replay of one of the par 3's holes on the back?

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sat, May 25 2013 9:09 PM

  As I said, it was a scorecard (not a replay). It wasn't on my profile, it was in a post.

  

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sun, May 26 2013 9:18 AM

  OK, I didn't want to play all of Merion just to get to number 17, so I used the single-hole play. This means it was shorter than legend tees, and standard speed green. It does, however, illustrate how I play a hole.

  184 yards, -16 feet elevation, full backspin. That gives me a base distance of 184 - 5 + 6 = 185 yards (Nike ball).

  5 mph tail wind from 5 o'clock. I subtract 2.5 yards and move the aim point 1 flagstick right (7 feet, a little over 2 yards).

  Hit the ding, landed at 185 a little right and rolled back to 183, leaving a 4.7 foot putt. Right to left break I figured at about 4 inches. Made for birdie.

  Replay of tee shot on my profile.