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Sometimes some stuff goes though my mind and the maths start.

The how many rounds and best eclectic score threads went through my mind.

I worked out that I have played somewhere in the region of 5000 rounds where I am a member (40 years a member 2-3 rounds a week). No wonder the eclectic is so good as that is 5000 chances to get a birdie or an eagle on every hole.
 
No clue how many rounds so many of my early years at the club I was playing partial rounds in the evening.
I've birdied every hole and had eagles on three.
 
I looked at mine, several years ago, for my old club back in the northeast of England. It’s not that spectacular. Eagled the four par 5’s. Eagled 2 of the par 4’s, a hole-in-one(eagle) and birdied all the rest. But as you say, with enough years in you’ll be under par on every hole. 25 under, 47.

Some of the more spectacular shots are well remembered. One of the eagles on a par 4 was achieved on a dreadful day. One of the longer par 4’s into the wind & rain - driver followed by driver, the second having more run than your average greyhound…
 
No clue how many rounds so many of my early years at the club I was playing partial rounds in the evening.
I've birdied every hole and had eagles on three.
I've played my course 1651 times , birdied them all and eagled 11 of them, 3 on the front nine and all but the par 3 18th on the back nine
 
How long did it take people to birdie every hole on the course when they started playing?

I’m relatively new (1st year at club) and relatively rubbish - I did tick off 2 more holes that I’ve now birdied on today’s round which I was very pleased with (birdies are like eagles at my level!) but still have several holes I’ve never birdied.
 
I couldnt tell you how many birdies, eagles or whatever over my golf playing years.
All I do know is I have had 2 holes in one.
The first when playing pitch and putt and putt it straight into the cup without touching the grass
The second on a par3 in a comp, which means my name is up in gold.
Anything else is not worth worrying about....to me anyway :)
 
Sometimes some stuff goes though my mind and the maths start.

The how many rounds and best eclectic score threads went through my mind.

I worked out that I have played somewhere in the region of 5000 rounds where I am a member (40 years a member 2-3 rounds a week). No wonder the eclectic is so good as that is 5000 chances to get a birdie or an eagle on every hole.
My eclectic at last club was -29

New club, only -20
 
How long did it take people to birdie every hole on the course when they started playing?

I’m relatively new (1st year at club) and relatively rubbish - I did tick off 2 more holes that I’ve now birdied on today’s round which I was very pleased with (birdies are like eagles at my level!) but still have several holes I’ve never birdied.

I’ve no idea how long that would have been but about 10 years back I totted up my birdies for the year. With a few weeks left of the year I was in touching distance of 100 birdies. I finished on 97 birdies from around 60 rounds. I also nabbed about half a dozen eagles that year, 2 of them in one round.
 
How long did it take people to birdie every hole on the course when they started playing?

I’m relatively new (1st year at club) and relatively rubbish - I did tick off 2 more holes that I’ve now birdied on today’s round which I was very pleased with (birdies are like eagles at my level!) but still have several holes I’ve never birdied.

I have no idea about how long to birdie every hole, was probably a couple of years before I even birdied 1.

A couple of years after joining my current club and about 7 years after first starting to play I became a bit of a birdie machine trouble was I was also a double bogey machine, the one round that sticks in my mind was the one with the most birdies in a single round - 8, but also 6 double bogeys in the same round. Took me several more years to get the double bogeys out the scores.
 
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