I Got My First Eagle!

[James_Black]

On the 3rd hole at my local course!
It's a 360m(400 yards) uphill par 4.
Terrible conditions a club to two club wind into my face.
I hit a great knockdown driver that went down to the 150m stake.
I then hit a 4iron and it looked great but I lost sight of it and thought I hit it past the green.
Me a 2 friends went up and couldn't find it so I dropped a ball and played on.
Looked in the hole and there it was!

A yellow ultra amazing.

Hopefully I'll get more in the future.

[groovezilla79]

Congratulations! A fine shot from that distance.

However:

Me a 2 friends went up and couldn't find it so I dropped a ball and played on.

Technically, once you drop your 2nd ball and play it, the first one no longer counts

But, since neither you or I play for a living, I would take the eagle too

[iacas]

Technically, once you drop your 2nd ball and play it, the first one no longer counts

Fortunately for the OP, you're wrong.

The way I took the original post to read was this: 1) Guy holed out his second shot. 2) Guy and friends looked around the green and didn't see it, so he dropped a ball and chipped on. 3) Friends or guy found Guy's original ball in the hole. The instant his ball found the bottom of the hole, he was done playing the hole. He scored a 2. The hole was done, so there's no way he could "put another ball in play" until he gets to the next tee. And no, there's no penalty in such a case for practicing, particularly since you're allowed to practice chipping and putting upon completion of the hole. No rules broken, perfectly legal eagle. Ha ha, I said "legal eagle." Anyway... CONGRATS!

[James_Black]

Fortunately for the OP, you're wrong.

Thanks!

Never knew that rule.

[iacas]

Thanks!

You're not under USGA jurisdiction, but the relevant definitions here (and likely very similar for you) are:

Source: USGA Ball in Play A ball is "in play" as soon as the player has made a stroke on the teeing ground. It remains in play until it is holed, except when it is lost, out of bounds or lifted, or another ball has been substituted, whether or not the substitution is permitted; a ball so substituted becomes the ball in play.

Source: USGA Holed A ball is "holed" when it is at rest within the circumference of the hole and all of it is below the level of the lip of the hole.

If you meant the chipping/putting rule, that's Rule 7 in the USGA book. Same in the R&A; rulebook . 7-2, specifically.

[James_Black]

You're not under USGA jurisdiction, but the relevant definitions here (and likely very similar for you) are:

Looked it up.

Rule is the same in the R&A.;

[NormH3]

Congratulations. I played 9 today, but no eagle, birdie or pars.

I had a good time though and for now...that's a good thing.

[hipcheck4u]

Congratulations! Pretty cool that you did it the hard way. The only eagle I have been involved in was a chip I holed on a par 5, but it was during a scramble format tournament, so I don't really count that. It was still pretty fun to hole that shot.

[woodzie264]

congrats bro! that'll keep you coming back for a few more rounds

[SQ Bimmer]

sweet eagle!

[groovezilla79]

You're not under USGA jurisdiction, but the relevant definitions here (and likely very similar for you) are:

How about this scenario. Hit a tee shot near a lateral hazard. From the tee, it seems as if the ball is not in the harzard, so no provisional is not played. Get to the spot where the ball "should be" and cannot find it. Drop a new ball from where the ball would have crossed into the hazard. Play the next shot. Start walking toward the green (or where the 2nd ball is now laying) and spot the original ball. Can I still play the original ball without penalty? To me, it seems that when you drop a new ball and play it, you are declaring the first ball lost.

[iacas]

How about this scenario. Hit a tee shot near a lateral hazard. From the tee, it seems as if the ball is not in the harzard, so no provisional is not played. Get to the spot where the ball "should be" and cannot find it. Drop a new ball from where the ball would have crossed into the hazard. Play the next shot. Start walking toward the green (or where the 2nd ball is now laying) and spot the original ball. Can I still play the original ball without penalty?

First, you can't "declare" a ball lost. Second, if the ball was lost, you certainly couldn't drop it where you think it disappeared - you'd have had to re-tee. Third, for a hazard, you have to be "known or virtually certain" that the ball is in the hazard, otherwise it can only be deemed to be lost if not located within five minutes.

Look up decisions for the rule under 27-2b (specifically perhaps /3 and /6). http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules...and-Decisions/

[groovezilla79]

First, you can't "declare" a ball lost. Second, if the ball was lost, you certainly couldn't drop it where you think it disappeared - you'd have had to re-tee. Third, for a hazard, you have to be "known or virtually certain" that the ball is in the hazard, otherwise it can only be deemed to be lost if not located within five minutes.

Thanks for the clarification. Like most of us playing this game, I thought I had a pretty good grasp on the rules. Apparently I've had this one wrong for a long time.

[doof_dizzler]

Good for you!! That's a great shot into the wind.

I didn't make an eagle all year, but I was playing with a fellow when he hit a blind wedge shot out of the trees that we assumed had gone over the green into the thick rough until we saw the ball mark short of the hole and looked in the hole. Eagle 2.

I holed out from 90 yards in the rough with a 9 iron, after refusing to change clubs in disgust. I had hit into a tree and in anger just walked up and hit a half swing 9 that rolled onto the green and in the hole. For a bogey 5! It's the hardest rated par 4 on our course, there wouldn't be a handful of members in town who don't get a stroke, so a net par is always acceptable