Had my first Albatross Yesterday

[tigerrag]

Just wanted to share that I had a double eagle yesterday, not to brag, but just because I'm still excited about it.  It is my longest hole out by far, as my previous long was around 85 yards.

I was playing Furman Golf Club in Greenville, and on #15 I pulled my drive a little to the right, though I hit it well.  Had 235 to the green out of the pinestraw.  Was able to give it a pretty good rip and knew it was a decent shot, but figured it rolled off the back and I could get up and down for my birdie.  It was quite the site to peek in the cup and see my ball in there.  Unfortunately I still limped to a round in the 80s...but writing that 2 on the scorecard on that hole felt great.

[boogielicious]

29 minutes ago, tigerrag said:

Just wanted to share that I had a double eagle yesterday, not to brag, but just because I'm still excited about it.  It is my longest hole out by far, as my previous long was around 85 yards.

I was playing Furman Golf Club in Greenville, and on #15 I pulled my drive a little to the right, though I hit it well.  Had 235 to the green out of the pinestraw.  Was able to give it a pretty good rip and knew it was a decent shot, but figured it rolled off the back and I could get up and down for my birdie.  It was quite the site to peek in the cup and see my ball in there.  Unfortunately I still limped to a round in the 80s...but writing that 2 on the scorecard on that hole felt great.

Congrats!

[tigerrag]

2 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Congrats!

Thanks!  I see the title was changed to "albatross" instead of "double eagle".  Guess I've just always heard it referred to as a double eagle here in South Carolina, though I know across the pond it is always called an albatross.

[David in FL]

Congratulations, the rarest of birds!

And yes, I'm in the "double eagle" rather than "albatross" camp too!  

[DutchGolf]

58 minutes ago, David in FL said:

Congratulations, the rarest of birds!

And yes, I'm in the "double eagle" rather than "albatross" camp too!  

I'm in the albatross camp, logically, considering I live in Europe. Albatross is not the rarest of birds in golf here. There is also a condor. If you play Stableford and score four strokes under your par (for example you recieve 3 strokes on a hole and birdie it) then you have a condor. 6 Stableford points in the pocket then!

 

To the OP, congratulations with the Albatross, something most of us will never achieve!

Edited June 20, 2016 by DutchGolf
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[David in FL]

48 minutes ago, DutchGolf said:

I'm in the albatross camp, logically, considering I live in Europe. Albatross is not the rarest of birds in golf here. There is also a condor. If you play Stableford and score four strokes under your par (for example you recieve 3 strokes on a hole and birdie it) then you have a condor. 6 Stableford points in the pocket then!

 

To the OP, congratulations with the Albatross, something most of us will never achieve!

 Big difference between a net and a natural gross score.  In your example, be happy with a nice birdie on a tough hole, and happily take your 6 points, but scoring the points isn't anywhere near accomplishing the actual feat.

Be sure to let us all know if you actually ace a par 5 though!!  

[newtogolf]

Awesome accomplishment, congrats.  

[DutchGolf]

4 minutes ago, David in FL said:

 Big difference between a net and a natural gross score.  In your example, be happy with a nice birdie on a tough hole, and happily take your 6 points, but scoring the points isn't anywhere near accomplishing the actual feat.

Be sure to let us all know if you actually ace a par 5 though!!  

Agreed, wasn't trying to downplay his achievement, just explaning something, not on a very serious note. Everybody talks gross score here, so in my example nearly everybody would say "I had a birdie". But theoretically you can call it condor.

With regard to making a ace on a par 5, all my drives are "just" short of the green. Might ask DJ to do it

[natureboy]

Awesome!

[tdiii]

I'll get around to congratulating you when I get over the jealousy I feel.  It's petty, I know. 

 

 

 

CONGRATS!