Pin-seeker
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I think it’s time for people to stop saying “if Rory brings his A game he’s number 1”
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Swango1980
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My mate sent me this, so I googled it. It actually showed another video taken from behind him. His ball cracked some person with a dog right in the skull. Some funny comments, like "thank goodness it didn't hit the dog"
sunshine
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It hit the woman’s phone
BL8Ricky
Member
Albatross!
Double eagle !
simsini
Well-known member
Enjoying watching the Valspar Championship. The rough should be this length every week. Watching -25 birdie fests gets boring.
BL8Ricky
Member
Scheffler would probably be -25 here if he was playing.
Slime
Tour Winner
A double eagle has to be four under par by anyone's logic, surely.
Therefore only for a hole-in-one on a par five, which we all know is a condor.
Double Eagle is purely for those who scream Mashed Potato!
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Watching brysons YouTube he just called it an albatross so I like him even more now
In the old use, an eagle was one shot better than a birdie. So two shots better than birdie, a double eagle. Sarazen's on the 15th at the Masters is always and only, a double eagle.
C7usk
Active member
Looked like nobody wanted to win it.. A few collapsed on the last 18...why did Malnati get relief from greenside rough on 15 or 16? From barely seeing his ball in the rough to putting from the fringe.. Happy for the man tho.. He was very emotional at the end and it obviously meant a lot to him... Cam young is bound to pick up a win sooner or later..
Swango1980
Well-known member
A birdie is 1 under par. So 2 under par must be a double birdie
Backache
Assistant Pro
Might be wrong but it looked like there was a sprinkler head where he would take his stance,
I suppose. But guessing double birdies were always scored in the history of golf, and prompted a specific word eagle for that rarer birdie, even if only for holes in one. But until professionals started hitting par 5s in two, the three-under score was unheard of, and so no specific term was needed. Then it started happening a hundred years ago, and double eagle was the first shot to describe it. And why the famous Sarazen still is named that way generally.A birdie is 1 under par. So 2 under par must be a double birdie
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I was trying to Google the origins of both phrases and randomly found this quote from Harrington that made me laugh. 
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
But but but... what about 'double bogey' Everyone seems happy with that
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Now you’ve done itBut but but... what about 'double bogey' Everyone seems happy with that
C7usk
Active member
Cheers Backache, I never heard any of the commentary team mention the reason for it. I couldn't see anything untoward and thought it was one of them when the pros get a drop for no obvious reason... When we would all just have to deal with it...
Orikoru
Tour Winner
But the maths makes sense on that one. That's equivalent to double birdie not double eagle.But but but... what about 'double bogey' Everyone seems happy with that
Sarazens was the first in tournament history apparently. I think we can forgive them for not coming up with the 'correct' term in the moment.
