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Once youv'e ticked the ace box, an eagle two is next on the bucket list :thup:
I know exactly how many 1s I have had, but haven't kept track of the eagle 2s.
Once youv'e ticked the ace box, an eagle two is next on the bucket list :thup:
How can it be luck when you are hitting a shot to go in the hole? If you are pin hunting it is not luck just perfect execution. If you were aiming for centre of green and drain it in a back left pin position say, that's luck.No difference between that and a hole in one to me. Both contain massive elements of luck.
I wouldn't believe anyone who said they wouldn't rather have a hole in 1 than an eagle 2.
An albatross 2, might need some further thought.
But if I knock in my 2nd shot on a 430 yard par 4 I've played that hole in the fewest shots possible so there's no "real" difference is there....unless you can drive the ball 430 yards.
I've had 14 eagles, the first of which was a hole-in-one, but have only seen 5 or maybe 6 (I saw it disappear, but on a front to back sloping green) of them go in! Only putted for 3 of them!
Hole-in-one is still tops, but a successful putt for eagle is the most satisfying!
How can it be luck when you are hitting a shot to go in the hole? If you are pin hunting it is not luck just perfect execution. If you were aiming for centre of green and drain it in a back left pin position say, that's luck.
Liverbirdie has gone on the record to say
"all hole in ones are jammy until I get one''.
Of course getting the ball to go into the hole requires luck. Giving it that chance usually requires some skill.
Had a hole in one with the ball going straight in the hole from a perfectly hit shot -aimed for the hole and it went in
Another one I aimed just past the pin - it landed past the pin then span back in the hole
Is that luck or hitting the ball really well ?
So why is the skill of the shot for a HIO better than that of a holed 2nd shot?
Had a hole in one with the ball going straight in the hole from a perfectly hit shot -aimed for the hole and it went in
Another one I aimed just past the pin - it landed past the pin then span back in the hole
Is that luck or hitting the ball really well ?
ita not about skill, its about completing a hole in a single shot, nothing else compares.