re: Bigggest choke you’ve made/ witnessed

match play. I was down one with two holes left to go. Par 3, i put it in the water. opponent put it on the green, but short. i won the match without a playoff. miracle cause i am shitty.

Playing in the 2001 US Junior Am.... made match play as the 47 seed and my first match was against a senior In high school who was headed to GT on scholarship... tons of college coaches following to watch me play him... I shoot 31 on front and I am 4 up... turn to the back 9 and shoot 41 and lose 1DN... never felt more helpless in that parking lot after the match.

Still got a full ride to U of A

In 96 watching Greg Norman lose to Nick Faldo in the Masters. Norman started the Sunday off with a 6 stroke lead. It was a slow and painful death.

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embarrassed to say this but I left a 6 inch putt short by three inches one day on 18

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my first year of golf i did that kind of thing a few times from a foot out or less.

i had no clue.

Not really a choke, but I was a HS freshman playing in my first match against a guy who was going to play golf at Alabama.

I was 1 under walking up the 18th fairway and there was a small crowd of coaches, parents and other players around the green.

I hit a hosel rocket dead arse right. Luckily, my ball ended up in #10 fairway and I managed a bogey.

I wouldn't say biggest, but last week at city park south course.... hole 12 par 4 about 340 yards from the blue tees... I hit a monster drive about 10-15 yards away from the green. The guys on the green looked at me when I got up there and went
"Was that your drive"
"Yeah it was"
"Damn man thats awesome"

fast forward to the next tee box, the guy asks me "What did you end up shooting on that hole?"
I tell him "oh you know, double bogey"

that would have been a perfect time to lie

Similar story here. Parring 18 would have given me a 76. Drive was a little off line but not terrible. Second shot recovered. 3rd shot just short of the green and I pulled a club that I should not have pulled. Bladed into the sand, two strokes out of the sand and 2 putted to land me at an 80. That one hurt but I still won the round in my group that day.

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TDTOM

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So, you're biggest choke that you have ever had was you winning a club championship?

Me this past weekend. I play with a friend that is a good bit better golfer than me. In the 40 or so rounds we have played together, I've beat him twice.

This past sunday we get to #18 at Beaver Creek and I was leading by 3 strokes. He snap hooks his drive onto the #10 fairway. I hit mine pretty straight but it is headed for the right bunker where it hits the front lip of the bunker and bounces backwards and is up against the lip in the bunker. He hits an unreal second shot from about 220 yards about 15 feet from the hole. I punch out of the bunker and then proceed to thin my third shot over the green. I then three putted the green for a triple bogey and he two putts for the tie. He almost made his birdie putt to win outright.

It was a long drive home to say the least.

In HS, dad and are waiting to hit on 18 tee. Group ahead is chasing errant shots.

Dad informs me that I am -2 on the day. I honestly had no idea.

I then begin to question my strategy and put the 3-wood away for a 3-iron. I pita terrible swing on it and shanked it OB.

Teed up another and shanked it. Went to the bag and grabbed my 3-wood. Crushed it dead center about 265. Next shot, 9-iron to about 8 feet. Drained the putt for 8 and a 74 on the round.

You would have thought I'd shot 100+.