My first eagle!

[P3R3]

I have been playing golf since I was 10 and one thing has always alluded me. I could never seem to get an eagle to drop. So today I was playing with some friends of mine at a local course Village greens. We came to a right dogleg par 5. Hit a good drive and put myself 208 from the hole uphill. I pulled a 5 wood and continued to hit a hard pull into the trees lining the left side of the fairway. My lie was 40 yards short of the flag, on pine needles, and was blocked by overhanging tree branches so a wedge was out of the question. So I pulled a 6 iron and put it back in my stance and punched it out to the elevated green. All my buddies were on the green so I was shocked when I saw the green with only 3 balls sitting on it, none were mine. So then was of my playing partners says to check the hole. I was like yea right, and sure enough there was my ball sitting in the bottom of the cup.

Gotta love golf, always something new to experiance evertime you play.

[Chilidipper]

  P3R3 said:

I have been playing golf since I was 10 and one thing has always alluded me. I could never seem to get an eagle to drop. So today I was playing with some friends of mine at a local course Village greens. We came to a right dogleg par 5. Hit a good drive and put myself 208 from the hole uphill. I pulled a 5 wood and continued to hit a hard pull into the trees lining the left side of the fairway. My lie was 40 yards short of the flag, on pine needles, and was blocked by overhanging tree branches so a wedge was out of the question. So I pulled a 6 iron and put it back in my stance and punched it out to the elevated green. All my buddies were on the green so I was shocked when I saw the green with only 3 balls sitting on it, none were mine. So then was of my playing partners says to check the hole. I was like yea right, and sure enough there was my ball sitting in the bottom of the cup.

Eagle with no putts! Impressive Yeah I have only had a handful of eagles. I did have a hole out eagle like that on a par 4. Congrats!

[CarpeDiem]

congrats, as I recorded my first eagle a week ago. 100 yards out, 2nd shot, PW.

[lamebums]

No eagles for me. I've driven a par 4 in one shot several times, but I usually end up three or four putting. I've had two-putt birdies, though. I've also holed out 30 yards and in the sand, but that was to save par.

[Dent]

Congrats, thats a big accomplishment, closest i came was a 467 Par 5. huge drive, 200 yard 4 iron. 20 feet from the pin, i lipped out on the eagle.

[P3R3]

  Dent said:

Congrats, thats a big accomplishment, closest i came was a 467 Par 5. huge drive, 200 yard 4 iron. 20 feet from the pin, i lipped out on the eagle.

I've done that many times man, I've missed a flippin 6 footer for eagle before! Getting a chance like that gets inside your head like it or now.

Missing that 6 footer makes me mad to this day, perfect drive right down the center, then a perfect 5 wood from 210, the group in front congradulated me on the awesome shot, then I push the putt.

[AmishTycoon]

I just recently got my first as well. Holed out on a par 4 from about 120 out. Exciting. Too bad you didn't actually see it go in. :P

[ArjunGFX]

nice job guys. i've had a few eagles.... first was a blind uphill 3rd shot into a par 5 when i was 11 or 12 and that was obviously a great feeling. the other two were putts after hitting par 5s in two.... but i have one that was really funny and special.

a local course has a par 4 that's about 260-270.... dogleg right, with a road and some trees and bunkers on the right.... easy to get there distance wise, very hard direction tho, with all the hazards and OB right.

when i was 16 or 17 all my friends and i would try to go for that green, often getting on or getting close. pretty big hit for that age too. one day i was playing with a buddy who roped it out there near the green. i get up there thinking "easy, i'll knock it on." pretty overconfident and i hit an embarassing skulled driver that rolled along maybe 150 yards. the hole is slightly downhill so it rolled but it was an uuuugly shot, real amateur looking. and then i hit a beaaautiful wedge that landed perfectly short and left of the hole, took the slope and rolled in. my fav eagle so far.

[PensacolaWahoo]

Congrats!

I got my first (and only) eagle as a junior in high school having only played about 12-15 times. A 490 yard par 5 left me about 20 yards short of the green after 2 and I chipped it in. A total fluke as I was shooting about 115 a round back then. 12 years later and shooting low 90's/upper 80's I havn't had a realistic eagle oppurtunity that I can remember. Weird how that works.

[jmurdock]

I have had a lot of eagles on par 5's but only 2 on par 4's. Those are my favorite. I hit a gap wedge from about 120 yds. and it hit behind the hole and spun back about 15 feet into the hole. (That got me even with all my bets on the front nine) The second was recently when some friends of mine were playing a shorter course in Ms. I drove it to about 15 yards short of the green and hit a nice chip that took the slope and died in the hole.

[$2 Nassau]

I have only one eagle. When I first started playing golf I played this little executive course, there was about a 250 yard par 4. Drive landed short and to the right. Chipped in for eagle.

Still yet to get one on a regulation course.

[RyanR]

That's awesome! Congrats on the eagle!

[bigD728]

I had my first eagle a couple of weeks ago. I drove a 310 yard par 4 and did not see where the ball ended up. then i walked up and saw it 2 feet from the hole. in my opinion that is the easiest eagle ever made.

[P3R3]

  bigD728 said:

I had my first eagle a couple of weeks ago. I drove a 310 yard par 4 and did not see where the ball ended up. then i walked up and saw it 2 feet from the hole. in my opinion that is the easiest eagle ever made.

That's awesome!

Im not a big hitter so the likelyhood of me ever driving a green is about zero

[golfchief]

Congrat on the eagle.

[JKilgore44]

The first hole on my home course is a 490yd par 5 (short I know) and I hit the ball a pretty long way. Well, it was about 95 degrees outside with about a 7mph breeze behind my back the other day and I smoked a drive, and I mean SMOKED it. Had about 160 yds into, pulled out 7 iron and air mailed the green! First, I was shocked that I had just hit 7 over a par 5 on my second shot, secondly I was excited that I had a legitimate chance at getting up-an-down for birdie. Well, I chipped it up there with my 60*, caught the perfect slope, and watched in amazement as my ball stopped about 2 balls short of the cup! I almost wet myself!

That's the closest I've come to an eagle, and I've been playing for a loooong time. I've had a few putts at an eagle before, but they were all outside of 60feet so I don't really consider them legitimate opportunites

[erniebanks]

They come when least expected.

Once on a par 4, I completely missed my drive and was left with a bad lie 135 yards up hill to the green. Trying to get the ball back in position, I topped my 7 iron badly and watched the ball bound up the fairway onto the green and into the hole. Eagle 2.

Moral: Never curse a shot till it stops rolling.
Good thing: There is no place on the score card for comments or pictures.

[mngolfer]

I have had one this year. Chipped in from just off the green to end the round! I have probably had 4-5 in my life.