The 'Condor' - four under par for a hole

[billysandy]

I found this quite interesting, i didn't know that there was such a thing or whether it was a made up term.

The 'Condor' - four under par for a hole

Scoring a condor is the rarest event in golf. This is normally a hole in one at a par five ( a two at a par six would also count, but this has never been done).

Only four condors have ever been recorded:

The first occurred in 1962, when Larry Bruce drove into the hole over a stand of trees on the 480-yard dogleg right par-5 fifth hole at Hope Country Club in Arkansas, USA.

Another condor was achieved by "cutting the corner" of a dogleg par-5 by Shaun Lynch at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard 17th. Lynch aimed straight at the green with a 3-iron, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge and hitting a downslope on the other side, which allowed his ball to roll down to the green and into the hole.

A condor was scored without cutting over a dogleg by Mike Crean at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver, Colorado, in 2002, when he holed his drive at the 517 yard par-5 9th. This is longest hole in one on record, although it was of course aided by the altitude and thin air of 'mile-high' Denver.

The most recent condor was achieved in Australia by 16 year old Jack Bartlett on the 467 metre par-5 17th at Royal Wentworth Falls Country Club, NSW, Australia, on November 3, 2007.

A condor is also known as a triple-eagle or a double-albatross, although these terms are, of course, mathematically incorrect.

There is no other explanation for the name 'condor' apart from its continuation of the 'bird' theme in naming under-par scores, and the size of the bird becoming bigger as the score gets lower (birdie - eagle - albatross - condor).

[denver_nuggs_15]

Well I have three ostriches and a pterodactyl on my career. I'd like to see anybody beat that.

[RocketSauce]

i ate a whole pizza once

[wedge player]

Well I have three ostriches and a pterodactyl on my career. I'd like to see anybody beat that.

ill try i have 1743 birds 1320 eagles 987 albatross 23 condors 19 ostriches 9 pterodactyl and 1 very special "big bird" lol

[TheWarHound]

I now have bird envy . . .

[upah]

lmao at RocketSauce

[XMScott]

i ate a whole pizza once

So did my dog once. Worst night ever. The smell

[k1993]

hahaha my friend and i were talking about this once. we bragged about how we made many pelicans, toucans, parrots, and ostriches

[Titleist Man]

Well I have three ostriches and a pterodactyl on my career. I'd like to see anybody beat that.

ill try i have 1743 birds 1320 eagles 987 albatross 23 condors 19 ostriches 9 pterodactyl and 1 very special "big bird" lol

Am i missing something about the birds........

[strahanfan92]

"I never got a hole in one before, but I did hit a guy, and that's way more satisfying. You're supposed to yell 'Fore,' but I was too busy mumbling 'There's no way that's gonna hit him."

[wedge player]

Am i missing something about the birds........

yea every score under par has a bird name.....-1 birdie -2 eagle ace albatross -3 double eagle and now -4 is a condor we were joking about the bird names............

[Greg]

maybe the scores over par should have bird names too, just have to be ugly birds. a bogey could be a buzzard, double bogey a vulture, triple a dodo bird because thats what you feel like when you get one, and quadruple an ostrich because you just want to put your head in the sand after that.

[B-Con]

"I never got a hole in one before, but I did hit a guy, and that's way more satisfying. You're supposed to yell 'Fore,' but I was too busy mumbling 'There's no way that's gonna hit him."

Now

that is a vulture. Made me laugh.

[Drennen13]

maybe the scores over par should have bird names too, just have to be ugly birds. a bogey could be a buzzard, double bogey a vulture, triple a dodo bird because thats what you feel like when you get one, and quadruple an ostrich because you just want to put your head in the sand after that.

yeah but id rather be an ostrich rather then a vulture anyday of the week lmao

[cougar978]

I had an albatross about a month ago - driver, 4-iron, two hops, and in the cup. It was pretty cool.

[mtsalmela80]

A condors wing span can reach up to 10 feet. Wow.