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To: VietVet876
Uh, it’s called an “albatross”.

UH, it is but it isn't. The common term is indeed a "Double Eagle"....nice try.

15 posted on 04/29/2019 12:34:17 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (uizzzp)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Double eagles are rare!

I don't know if I've ever seen a pro hit one.

It's more rare than a hole in one.

And I just looked it up, yes, for some reason it IS also called an albatross.

You can get a double eagle if you hit a hole in one on a par 4, but nobody would call it that.

17 posted on 04/29/2019 12:42:21 PM PDT by boop (If you come at the king, better throw away your scabbard.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Eagle equals two under par for a hole or a hole in one on a par three.
That is one of the quirks in golf terms. Double eagle in math terms
would be 2x2 or four under. But in gold it doesn’t mean that.


33 posted on 04/29/2019 1:16:04 PM PDT by deport
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To: Hot Tabasco

When I started to play golf in the late 1950’s, the old men referred to a two on a par five as an “albatross”. It is archaic but it stuck with me. I never holed a second shot on a five but when and if I do, it will be an albatross. Some my refer to a hole in one on a par three as an “eagle” but to me it will always be my “ace”. You may call a hook a draw while I may call a slice a fade. Golf is golf. No one every quit the game because it was too easy.


51 posted on 04/29/2019 5:06:10 PM PDT by VietVet876
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