It's only legit if it happens on film. On the lead Card. Of a DGPT event. On the second Friday of the month. Within 6 hours of a solar eclipse. As far as I'm concerned nobody has ever had a legitimate ace.
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This is another reason I opted not to even touch this teepad with my feet - I've (stupidly and selfishly) done this in the past and paid the price by falling on my ass. Seeing a patch of kind of clear ground to the side of the tee, it wasn't even a second thought to tee off from there.
I only played 3 holes on this solo session (I had a few extra minutes to burn on the way to work), and the other two holes I played had big enough sections of teepad completely exposed where the snow and ice had melted away from sun exposure the previous day.
I agree 100% though - don't be like younger me and tee off from an uncleared teepad; I've been the one to shovel them off and it's a pain in the ASS to break up caked down ice from other golfers stomping the snow down.
Also, thank you for the congratulatory words!
True of False: 99% of all aces were not intentional.
True of False: 99% of all aces were not intentional.
^^^ I'll give you that in regards to casual play, ace pots, rounds where you don't give a crap, etc, but in professional pdga tournaments, I'm sticking to the 90%.
Couldn't find a thread pertaining to this exact subject, and I know what counts as a legit ace is not the most important topic of discussion, but I'm curious to see what others think:
I hit an ace this morning on a not super long hole, but one that was really fun because it was cold AF outside, the ground was covered in snow/ice, and it was just a neat winter wonderland setting. Specifically w/r/t ice cover, the hole's concrete teepad - it was absolutely a slip and fall risk, there was a kind of bare patch of semi-exposed ground directly to the left of the tee (roughly in line with the middle of the tee) where the slip risk was way lower, you could get even a semblance of ground grip, I teed off from there, took a one step shot, and fired off a forehand ace.
The line at the hole was EVER so slightly different starting off a couple of feet to the left - I absolutely think this is a legit ace to claim given that the actual tee was unsafe to shoot from (and I didn't pass the front of the tee line on the follow through), but am curious for others thoughts if altering the line at all constitutes levels of BS on par with stuff like cubby aces.
I know this isn't huge topic of discussion stuff, but I couldn't find any other threads when I searched, so please don't flame me for failing to look lol
I hit an ace this morning on a not super long hole, but one that was really fun because it was cold AF outside, the ground was covered in snow/ice, and it was just a neat winter wonderland setting. Specifically w/r/t ice cover, the hole's concrete teepad - it was absolutely a slip and fall risk, there was a kind of bare patch of semi-exposed ground directly to the left of the tee (roughly in line with the middle of the tee) where the slip risk was way lower, you could get even a semblance of ground grip, I teed off from there, took a one step shot, and fired off a forehand ace.
...I absolutely think this is a legit ace to claim given that the actual tee was unsafe to shoot from (and I didn't pass the front of the tee line on the follow through)...
So here is my honest answer... it depends, mainly on the sensitivity of your conscience. The vast majority of players would call that an ace. Under the circumstances it was your first throw from a legitimate tee. In the end, you are the only person that this matters to, so since you said it absolutely should count then count it as an ace.1st throw from a legit teeing area that lands in and stays in the basket = ace.
So being an ace virgin, I've got these possibilities:
Legit Ace
Practice Ace (but still a virgin)
Black Ace (but still a virgin) This is an unintentional throw-in from your tee to a basket on another hole, right?
Safari Ace (still a virgin) This is what, on a safari hole I make up?
Any other?