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No birdies today, but an eagle landed.

nixdad

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That's right, I couldn't make a birdie putt today. Oh well. On the back nine, I hit a driver on the shortest par 4 on the course. This was a 322 yard straight away par 4 with the front of the green open (not protected from bunkers). The rest of the green was protected. I hit a baby fade, but nutted the drive. I knew it would be close to the green. When I got to the green, the ball ended up about eighteen feet from the pin, on the green pin high.

I was pretty stoked! Now the putt. It looked like a straight putt, the kind you read where you think you see more break than there really is. I just trusted that it was inside the right edge and hit it square. The putt dropped for an Eagle.

Couldn't make a birdie, but the eagle was nice. Ended up shooting a 79.
 

limpalong

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Congrats!! I could be convinced an eagle should bring more hoopla than an ace. An eagle takes at least two good strokes on a par 4 and 3 solid strokes on most par 5's. An ace only takes one lucky one!!
 
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Way to go man! Any doubles?

One double bogey. On a par 5 to boot. Pulled out a three wood for placement because water was within driver distance. Pushed into the water on the right side. What an indiot, huh?
 

JEFF4i

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So 1 double, 7 bogeys, 1 eagle, and 9 pars? Not a bad dispersion there, :D
 
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So 1 double, 7 bogeys, 1 eagle, and 9 pars? Not a bad dispersion there, :D
Thanks.
Coulda, shoulda, woulda...that's what keeps me coming back. Oh yeah, and the fun factor.
 

loftgolf

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Congratulations on the eagle! I've been golfing for 10 years now and have yet to get an eagle. I had two pretty easy eagle putts but came up 6 inches short:(. Quite coincidentally, that's the same reason my porn career never took off:unhappy:!
 

rubber314chicken

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congrats. the closest I've ever come to an eagle was when I topped my tee shot, it landed by the ladies tees, and after hitting my 3 wood, I had a pw to the green.
 

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Congrats on the eagle!

Couple of par4 second shots close but never had anything drop(i dont think i have ever been putting for eagle though...)
 

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