Hole-in-one or double eagle?

[lumpuckeroo]

Double eagle, I have one hole-in-one, I have an eagle on a par 5 and a par 4 (both in the same round in a 3 hole stretch).

[TN94z]

Double eagle. I have also had a hole in one and a double eagle are harder to come by!

[DavidFehertysBike]

Ill take a double eagle over a hole and one any time.

[finoky]

I have always wanted a hole in one so I would take that over a double eagle even though I know it's less under par. The closest I have been is two ball lengths away.

[bhingston]

  Travtex said:

False dilemma.

A guy I work with has done that before! It's on a blind tee shot too and he went for the green and went in. He had no clue it went in for about 10-15 minutes.

On topic though, I would much rather get a double eagle. Like people have stated, you need to make two good shots, and not just one.

[Shindig]

Having only gone for a par-5 in two three times in my life - and having only hit the green in two once - I can say I'd be very satisfied with a double eagle. Others have pointed out it knocks 3 off your score instead of 2 (relative to par at least), but people have left out another important reason.

I'm cheap, and if I make an ace, I need to buy drinks. I've never heard of the double-eagle man needing to buy drinks.

[Awsi Dooger]

Let's put it this way, if a non-golfer tries to engage you in conversation, how many of them will ask, "Have you ever made a double eagle?"

About the same number who will ask a horseman if he's ever won the Preakness. As opposed to the Kentucky Derby, the obvious question.

Give me the hole-in-one. I'd trade dozens of double eagles for a single hole in one. On a list of what I'd like to accomplish, that deuce has never entered the mental page.

Not that I've had a double eagle. Disgustingly, my closest misses in both categories were almost identical. In the '80s I hit a 4 wood to the dogleg par 5 #11 hole at Biltmore in Coral Gables, a Donald Ross design. I knew it was good but my friend insisted it was great. We got there and it didn't look possible, an inch and a half directly behind the hole, on a flat section of the green.

More than a decade later the same thing on a course in North Carolina. I hit an 8 iron on a downhill 163 yard par 3. It looked awesome from the outset but a trap fronted the green. I knew it had to be extremely close, and I walked with nervous anticipation to the green.

Again, an inch and a half smack behind the hole. At least this time it was a sensible path to end up there, a draw and the green had some slope in that direction.

[Dub]

  Jay-Bird said:

I tried to make this a Poll, but I messed that up...

Me too....much harder to do.

[allenc]

There's no question that a double eagle is harder and I would have a lot personal satisfaction with one but a hole-in-one is widely thought of as the perfect golf hole and I think I'd rather have it on my bragging resume.

[wedge player]

id rather take the double eagle.

[Big_M]

I'd take either.... have been inches from both.
Many close calls on the ace... hit a few sticks and had a few where I could not understand the relationship between my ballmark, the hole, and my ball and it having not gone in.
The double eagle I have been inches twice... once I was about 8 inches after hitting a 3-hybrid, and once I was about 6 inches just short after hitting a 5-iron.

[running-8-iron]

The albatross (double eagle) is more rare than the hole-in-one, however, I would much rather have a hole-in-one. As good as a '2' would look on a par-5, a '1' on the card would look even better.

[allin]

I have 3 hole in ones and no double eagles, so I would trade two for one.

[bogeyhitter25]

I'd rather make a hole in one. Chances are I wouldn't even see the ball go in for 2 on a par 5.

[Doctorfro]

Depends on the par three...it'd have to be a really hard one. I've always said I'd rather make the double eagle. I've come closer to making one than I have a hole in one.

[Dartguy]

The albatross, of course.

[Saint]

double eagle anyday. consists of two good shots, or one great rescue shot. Making a hole in one on a par 3 is like making an eagle on a par 4. I think 3 under would be a tad bit sweeter than two under as well.

[ITBs2k]

Ill take either or for me!