First birdie ever ?

[Frito]

I played a golf course in Nevada the other day and it was fun , but when I came to hole 4 a par 5 I made a birdie. I've never made a birdie before and I couldn't believe it I thought it was too easy and then i realize on the score card it was only 430 yards . Would you consider this a solid birdie or is this par 5 too short?
thx

[MA5Bergey]

A birdie is a birdie. It's a Par 5 for a reason.

[zeg]

A birdie is a birdie is a birdie. Don't overthink it, just get another one. My first birdie was a pitch-in from 50 yards out on a par 3, and I didn't question whether it was a "real" birdie or not... As long as the scorecard wasn't a typo, it's a birdie.

[p_funk]

Congrats on your first birdie, and yes like eveyone else said, it is a birdie. Do not worry about if it is to short to be a par 5. I am still looking for my first, i have had about 3 or 4 tries, but missed my first putt and had to settle for a par.

[Frito]

thx for the replies : () It was insanely close to a chip in eagle actually which is also kind of why I was second guessing it.

[Bug Bunny]

Solid advise a buddy gave me when I shanked a chip and it went screaming across the green, hit the flag squarely and bounced back stopping 18" from the hole for a tap in for par. . . . . . write the par down and be happy! No pictures on the scorecard! HA

[Philip9210]

Got my first last season on a course with no official slope or rating, it was (if i remember right) a 340 par 4. Drove it about 230-240 with the wind helping me, then hit a nice pw about 3ft from the hole, jarred the putt and commenced the celebration(until the next hole which as usual, I triple bogeyed haha).

[jamo]

Congrats man, it's good to get the first one out of the way.

[James_Black]

I wouldn´t count it as a birdie if It was me.

My first eagle was the luckiest shot of my life, 4i into the wind on a rainy day on a hole I´m lucky to make par on at the best of weather, couldn´t find the ball until we checked the hole.
I made a proper one last week, got a eagle on a Par 5 the proper way.

count it as your first birdie until you make a better one is what I think.

[Greg]

My first birdie was on a par 3 a couple of years ago, at Mcleansboro,IL, hole 5, about 160 yards, hit a 6 iron to 4 feet and made the putt. To this day it was the best 9 holes ive played as I got a 42(+6) that day, havent matched it since. First birdie this year and only one so far was at Indian Hills in Mt Vernon IL a couple weeks ago on hole 17, a 137 yard par 3, hit 8 iron to about 20 ft and sank the putt.

[sean_miller]

Considering you almost chipped in, I'd consider it a solid 4 on a 430 yard hole.

[DocWu1948]

Congratulations on your first birdie!

[jschen]

I'm still seeking my first birdie. It's great to hear of someone else having accomplished the same thing. Congrats!

[shortys408]

my first birdie was a 350 yrd par 4. hit a drive 260 down the fairway. pitching wedge onto the green about 25 feet away from the hole. My friend was looking for his ball while i decided to put out. Luckiest put ever and it went in and no one even saw :/

[clg82]

Haven't gotten my first birdie yet either. You'd think it would be so easy on par threes too! Congrats!


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[Amofada]

I actually got a birdie on the 2nd hole I ever played. 140 yds or so par 3. 12 footer. Beginners luck I guess

[Fairway_CY]

I'd count any birdie... if it's one stroke less than the par posted... it's a birdie. My first was pure luck. It was a par 3 to basically an island green (surrounded by bunkers instead of water). I dropped one in the bunker... skulled the shot out of there... it caught the top of a mound just before the fringe... slowed it down a LITTLE but it was still screaming... it hit the pin and then dropped in. I didn't see it because I was below the level of the green in the trap... but I heard it hit the pin and then my playing partners yelled. As ugly as it was... it was STILL a birdie.

CY