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Can This Be True? Reaching a Par-5 in Two Shots!


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Have You Ever Made An Eagle By Reaching A Par 5 In Two?  

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  1. 1. Have You Ever Made An Eagle By Reaching A Par 5 In Two Shots?

    • No, Never. And I suspect I never will reach a par 5 in two.
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    • Yes, I have reached a par 5 in two and converted the putt for eagle.
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    • Yes, I've reached par 5's in two, but haven't been able to convert by making the putt. ... yet.
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    • Never reached a par 5 green in 2, but I'm working on my length and suspect I will get some eagle putts on par 5's in the future.
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On 8/3/2022 at 9:36 AM, Troy Ocker said:

I'm in the 275-300 bracket, but I'm not hitting more than 40% fairways and even from the FW I don't hit more than maximum 10% of the greens from 225+. I'm not a scratch golfer, but I'm above average, and I don't think I have more than 1 putt for eagle every 10 rounds on my home course. 

Your course does seem to have slightly more difficult than average par 5s.  You do have 5 of them though where most courses would have 4 or less.  Most golfers are going to have a larger mix of golf courses that they play though, and will be bound to play more shorter par 5s in favorable conditions than you do.

I do get your point though.  I don't get many chances either.  I am only in the 250-275 bucket, and play 90% of my rounds at my home course.  In fact, the only times I have made an eagle at my home course (playing my own ball from one of the two sets of back tees) are from chip ins.  I've been a member there 17 years now.  We even have two reachable par 5s in the 490 yard range.  However, I have at least one made eagle putt at another course during that same time period.  I also have played in 3 scrambles at my home course over that time period where I have hit the first two shots and sunk the eagle putt.  The fact that I make them in scrambles tells me that I would make more if I were able to play more aggressively.

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2 hours ago, SG11118 said:

The fact that I make them in scrambles tells me that I would make more if I were able to play more aggressively.

Yes, but you'd probably also make a lot more high numbers.  The risk/reward for an aggressive shot is very different in a scramble, especially if someone on your team has already put the ball into play. 

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1 hour ago, Shindig said:

Yes, but you'd probably also make a lot more high numbers.  The risk/reward for an aggressive shot is very different in a scramble, especially if someone on your team has already put the ball into play. 

Agreed.  I do usually play the holes the same way alone as I do in a scramble, but probably 3-5% less aggressively and 25% less freely.  I'm sort of postulating though that I have and make eagle putts at a higher percentage at other courses because I have less mental damage as to where I can get in trouble? 

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Never managed it on my course, but although I am not a big hitter, managed it on another course last month

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