How Many Eagles Have You Had?

[harpo_72]

Don’t know to be honest. Putting isn’t my strong point. I have quite a few hole in ones and a few eagles but I didn’t count how many.
My course only has 1 par 5 at 540yards and bunkers at 220-250 then so it’s management case for me. I was contemplating having a go at the 290yard par 4.
The first at Ellesborough is drivable, I have managed it. The 12th (?) par 5 is quite straightforward on in 2 as it has 2 ripples in the fairway and you land on the down slope and go miles ..
But counting eagles no not done it for a while if I do it will be a shot in to the green

 

[Tongo]

2. Although one was on the 8th at Teign Valley which is a generous (to say the least!) par 5.

 

[Billysboots]

I genuinely have no clue. Been playing so long now, and it’s not something I really keep a count of as I do aces. All I can say is I have eagled 9 of our 18 holes, some of them multiple times, and I have had eagles elsewhere.

One interesting stat. One of my regular playing partners has had an albatross, having holed his second at a par 5, but has never had an eagle.

 

[Imurg]

It's always annoyed me that a birdie on a par 3 is treated as being better than an eagle on every hole except a par 3....
A HiO, on a par 3, has the same effect on your score as a 2 on a par 4 or a 3 on a par 5....but gets little of the kudos...
It's wrong!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

It's always annoyed me that a birdie on a par 3 is treated as being better than an eagle on every hole except a par 3....
A HiO, on a par 3, has the same effect on your score as a 2 on a par 4 or a 3 on a par 5....but gets little of the kudos...
It's wrong!

Birdie on a par 3 treated better than an eagle ?

A HIO will be seen as better because it’s completing a hole in one shot - yep stat wise it’s 2 under par but surely it’s clear to see why it’s seen a little differently

 

[Hobbit]

I genuinely have no clue. Been playing so long now, and it’s not something I really keep a count of as I do aces. All I can say is I have eagled 9 of our 18 holes, some of them multiple times, and I have had eagles elsewhere.

One interesting stat. One of my regular playing partners has had an albatross, having holed his second at a par 5, but has never had an eagle.

Guy I used to play with years ago had never been lower than 16. Weighed about 8 stone dripping wet and although he didn’t hit it very far he was arrow straight. 6 holes-in-one. I saw him have countless 2’s on par 3’s. Annoyingly good from 175 yards in. All his eagles were on par 3’s.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I genuinely have no clue. Been playing so long now, and it’s not something I really keep a count of as I do aces. All I can say is I have eagled 9 of our 18 holes, some of them multiple times, and I have had eagles elsewhere.

One interesting stat. One of my regular playing partners has had an albatross, having holed his second at a par 5, but has never had an eagle.

What do you rate higher?
Albatross or hole in one?

 

[Orikoru]

I've only ever had one "proper" eagle: drove the green on a short par 4 (about 260) and holed the putt.

Apart from that, all my eagles have been lucky hole-outs with the second shot on par 4s, plus a chip-in on a par 5.
(At Grims Dyke, as it happens: 2nd, 9th, 13th, 18th).

(Oh, and I did join the hole-in-one club last year - always forget that's an eagle).

My two were on the 9th (yellow tees) and the old 14th that no longer exists (laid up and pitched it in from 70 yards).

 

[louise_a]

I would reckon 10-12, 4 showing on HDID, an ace in a pairs event, an eagle 2 on the 2nd at St Andrews Jubilee course (only time i have driven a par 4 green) and several when out just playing casual golf.

 

[Billysboots]

What do you rate higher?
Albatross or hole in one?

Wow. That’s a tough one, not least because an albatross requires a decent drive and a good second, that second invariably being a long approach.

But as I’ve had three aces and no albatrosses, I’ll say a hole in one nicks it.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Wow. That’s a tough one, not least because an albatross requires a decent drive and a good second, that second invariably being a long approach.

But as I’ve had three aces and no albatrosses, I’ll say a hole in one nicks it.

I’ll go albatross.
Requires 2 good shots.
Plus a hole in one you get to tee it up & are guaranteed a good lie.

I’ve had 1 hole in one & had a few close.
Never been close to a albatross.

 

[Orikoru]

I’ll go albatross.
Requires 2 good shots.
Plus a hole in one you get to tee it up & are guaranteed a good lie.

I’ve had 1 hole in one & had a few close.
Never been close to a albatross.

An albatross is better than a hole-in-one. It's rarer - the distances involve suggest that it will always need to be done with a longer club - and it would be off the deck rather than sitting perfectly on a tee.

 

[evemccc]

I have only had 1 eagle….clearly not v good at all compared to many on here..

It was, however, on the 16th at Royal Lytham

 

[Tashyboy]

Not a single one

 

[Backache]

It's always annoyed me that a birdie on a par 3 is treated as being better than an eagle on every hole except a par 3....
A HiO, on a par 3, has the same effect on your score as a 2 on a par 4 or a 3 on a par 5....but gets little of the kudos...
It's wrong!

Do you mean an Eagle on a par 3 rather than a birdie?

Although it is not true for every Eagle many can be got when the ground is running firm by a holing a long chip or putt and a running drive , whereas unless you are playing pitch and putt a hio has to be holing a fairly long shot so I do see why the hio is seen as better.

 

[sunshine]

I’ll go albatross.
Requires 2 good shots.
Plus a hole in one you get to tee it up & are guaranteed a good lie.

I’ve had 1 hole in one & had a few close.
Never been close to a albatross.

I’ll say an albatross is better, only because I’ve had one (on a par 5) but never had a hole in one.

A hole in one on a par 4 would be a special type of albatross!

 

[Slime]

A few, mostly a long time ago when I was bendy and made of rubber and magic.
I did have two last year, one on a par 3!

 

[sunshine]

About 10 eagles for me. I haven’t had an eagle since I joined my club, over 11 years ago, just aren’t many opportunities I probably only give myself a couple of eagle putts a year.

I’m not counting my eagle from a few weeks ago when we were still playing a par 5 from a temp winter tee and it was playing under 400 yards.

The number massively depends on the courses you play. I once had 2 in a day at North Downs. And the 18th at Stanmore I would expect to be putting for eagle every round.

 

[srixon 1]

An albatross is better than a hole-in-one. It's rarer - the distances involve suggest that it will always need to be done with a longer club - and it would be off the deck rather than sitting perfectly on a tee.

A friend of mine has had an albatross 1 .

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Saw an Albatross on the 1st hole at Gillingham many moons ago. Kent League A team match, one of the Gillingham guys hit a peach of a tee shot landed on the ride side of the green where it fed down to a back left pin and in she went.

He was in the first group out as well you can imagine the lift they gave home and the team