If you could only have one which would you choose?

Our course finishes with the 17th being a par-5 and the 18th a par-3 and at the tournament at the weekend in two consecutive groups one player had a 2 on the 17th, and then a guy in the next group had a 1 on the 18th! just got me wondering if you could only have one in your life would you rather have an albatross (double eagle) or a hole in one?

I'll take the hole in one.  Most people I know wouldn't understand the accomplishment of an albatross and I don't have the distance to likely hit one.

I'll take the Albatross. 3 under in one hole. Yes please

Hole in one! Whatever lowers my score the most!

I'd take the best of both worlds with an albatross on a par 4!

If that's not an option, I'd still take the albatross.  Then I can constantly explain to everyone what an albatross is (everyone I know has never heard it called that, only double eagle, and they never believe me when I say it's called an albatross).

I've never made either but I'd definitely take the double eagle. For me, a double eagle most likely means that I holed out with a 3m (in addition to smashing the drive), which is a hell of a lot harder than getting a hole in one on a 130-yard par 3 using a PW. If the par 3 in question was 200 yards, I'd have to think about it.

A double eagle lowers your round the most...And I'd definitely go double eagle!

Ummm...that would the the albatross....not the hole in one

I'd take a double eagle over an Ace any day.

Double eagle takes 2 spectacular shots in a row where an ace can just be one lucky shot. (in my opinion)

This is right on.  Anybody who says they will take an ace over a double eagle can not understand how hard it is to get a double eagle.  Hardest score to get in golf. BY FAR!

Know a guy who dunked one on a 315 yard par four this weekend... that's an ace no one here would turn down!!

Not in my case...if I can get a birdie on the par 5, I'd rather make a hole in one. Just that feeling of an ace would fire me up! But since I've already made a hole in one, I guess at this point I'd rather have the albatross.

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I'd prefer the ace because I know exactly 1 person that would even remotely give a crap if I told him I got a double eagle.

I would probably be more excited about the Ace because its a 1 on the scorecard.

It's obvious in this thread when we say ace, we are meaning a hole in one on a par three.  Of course a hole in one on a par 4 is also called an ace but it's more often than not referred to as a double eagle or albatross .

an ace or hole in one on a par 3 is 2 under par.

an albatross on a par 4 or 5 is 3 under par and the hardest score to get in the game of golf (besides a hole in one on a par 5 which I have never heard of)

so tell me again why anybody in their right mind would rather have an ace over an albatross?

how many people in the US get a hole in one on any given day.  Maybe 100?  how about an albatross,  maybe 1 or less than that?  Look at the PGA stats on both of them.