How Many Eagles Have You Had?

[GreiginFife]

Albatrosses are very much like hole in ones, you tend to recall them quite vividly. Even years later.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Albatrosses are very much like hole in ones, you tend to recall them quite vividly. Even years later.

Yep - got one in 2008 at Springs near Wallingford

3rd hole - the thinnest 3 wood second shot from about 230 and some how just kept running nearly went into the bunker but smacked the pin and droppedn

 

[Swango1980]

None. 15 index. Been playing about 10 years.

How many birdies have you had (I know you have access to this information)?

 

[cliveb]

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

The first HIO I ever witnessed was on a par 4.
And the chap who had it was playing in a bogey comp - what a waste!

 

[PaulMdj]

Albatrosses are very much like hole in ones, you tend to recall them quite vividly. Even years later.

Yep, 2011 on our Par 5 7th, good drive then caught my 3 Wood lovely, knew it was towards the green, but fairway slopes from left to right by the green and there is a bunker on the right, thought at most I might of reached the bunker, no sign of it when we got there.

Went to see if I’d gone through the green and found it when I checked the hole on the way.

 

[PaulMdj]

The first HIO I ever witnessed was on a par 4.
And the chap who had it was playing in a bogey comp - what a waste!

Our 4Ball witnessed one on our Par 4 9th, waited for the guys behind us to see whose drive it was, only to find out the guy was 3 off the Tee as his first ball he hit OOB.

 

[BrianM]

Just 1 for me, drove the green and a one putt
Have had loads of other opportunities but the putts or chips haven’t dropped.

 

[ExRabbit]

1 eagle on a par 3 in competition.

1 eagle on a par 4 in competition.

Not sure how many on a par 5 - probably 5+ including yellow tees.

But the eagle 3 in competition was part of one of my best rounds ever to win a big two-day event.

 

[Imurg]

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

Indeed....
The majority of club comps will have a 2s pot.....
Get a birdie on a par 3 and you get rewarded...get an eagle and it's...Just an eagle
There's no Eagles Pot.......
Get an eagle on a par 3 and all sorts of things happen.
Get an eagle on a par 5 and.......Just an eagle

 

[evemccc]

Yep - got one in 2008 at Springs near Wallingford

3rd hole - the thinnest 3 wood second shot from about 230 and some how just kept running nearly went into the bunker but smacked the pin and droppedn

That’s a nice hole, looks good to the eye from the tee

Prefer the feeling of your first HIO or the Albatross?

 

[Depreston]

Not sure i have ever had one off the whites (well hole in one) think i've had 2 or 3 off the yellows

 

[Voyager EMH]

The chap who is famous for 3 hole-in-ones on the same hole 3 days in a row also had an albatross hole-in-one on our par-4 9th hole.

 

[timd77]

I’ve put 3-5 because I can remember holing out from the fairway on a couple of par 4s in recent years, and I’ve probably chipped in once or twice too. I’ve never had a proper eagle though. I don’t really hit the ball far enough to reach a short par 4 or a par 5 in 2 very often! It has happened but I’d remember if I holed a putt for an eagle.

The problem is if I do have a putt for an eagle, I’m more concerned about securing the birdie, which is another rarity!

 

[Neilds]

None for me. Only ever been on a par 5 in 2 (quite downhill) and lipped out on the putt. Never driven a par 4, not really played many and none on my home course. About 12" is closest I have come to an ace.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

That’s a nice hole, looks good to the eye from the tee

Prefer the feeling of your first HIO or the Albatross?

HIO all day long , an albatross is very rare but most of the time you don’t have a clue it’s gone in

HIO a lot of times you see it go in and it a rush

 

[Orikoru]

Indeed....
The majority of club comps will have a 2s pot.....
Get a birdie on a par 3 and you get rewarded...get an eagle and it's...Just an eagle
There's no Eagles Pot.......
Get an eagle on a par 3 and all sorts of things happen.
Get an eagle on a par 5 and.......Just an eagle

Just playing Devil's advocate, that's maybe because anybody could get a 2 on a par 3, but rewarding eagles favours the longest hitters who can do it on a par 5 or short par 4.

You still win the 2s pot if you get a 2 on a par 4 though don't you? Or a 2 on a par 5? I didn't think it had to be a birdie 2.

 

[upsidedown]

Have 2 to 3 a year so guessing over 30 as been playing 25 years now .