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2026 TST Birdie Challenge

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Shindig Incredible Member

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Yesterday, I made my first eagle (see awesome new bling at bottom of post), and since I hadn't yet made a better-than-par on a hole 11 yet this year, I updated the spreadsheet accordingly.

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Maroon88 Established Member

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On 4/14/2026 at 2:28 PM, Shindig said:

Yesterday, I made my first eagle (see awesome new bling at bottom of post), and since I hadn't yet made a better-than-par on a hole 11 yet this year, I updated the spreadsheet accordingly.

That's awesome, Congratulations!  Eagles are always fun to make.  For me they're getting rarer as I get older.  Make sure you write it down so you can remember it in detail in the future.

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5 hours ago, Maroon88 said:

That's awesome, Congratulations!  Eagles are always fun to make.  For me they're getting rarer as I get older.  Make sure you write it down so you can remember it in detail in the future.

I saved the ball and wrote the details -- "my first eagle," course, hole number, and date on it.  Maybe I should write the yardage and the club too.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Tour Edge Exotics C723 21 degree hybrid.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Knocked off 2 more this past Saturday. Including my second career hole in one at Furman University GC.

Hole #4 160 yards, 6H.

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Only have two holes left in the Away Course Challenge. Which is very odd because I don't feel like I am striking it well this year at all. 🤷‍♂️

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On 4/19/2026 at 11:12 AM, coachjimsc said:

Knocked off 2 more this past Saturday. Including my second career hole in one at Furman University GC.

Hole #4 160 yards, 6H.

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Only have two holes left in the Away Course Challenge. Which is very odd because I don't feel like I am striking it well this year at all. 🤷‍♂️

Very nice! Congrats on your 2nd hole in one.  I'm still hunting my first (3 close calls in my past)

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Two away birdies today;  one was at hole 2, which I've already birdied this year (albeit at a different course) and one was at hole 6 (new to me for this year).

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Another away birdie for me today, hole 4 at Navy in Cypress.  After opening 6-5-6 (double, bogey, bogey on a par-5), I hit driver, 8-iron to a few feet, and made the putt.  

Funny, I thought I'd get my birdie on #4 for the year at Rancho Park, where hole 4 is a par-5 where, after a good drive and a good fairway wood, I'm hitting a wedge into the green, figured if I played it enough (and it used to be my home course) I'd birdie it eventually.  Instead, at the #3 handicap hole at Navy, there's a birdie.  Ringer score is now at -8 (six birdies and an eagle, have parred or better every hole number already).

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"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Tour Edge Exotics C723 21 degree hybrid.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Knocked off #8 (a tough one to get) today with a mini driver, a chipped 9I, and about a 25-footer in the eight holes I played tonight.

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