Albatross!!

RoadRunner

Almost had one yesterday, tap in eagle.
Any albatrosses out there (or close calls)?

spacecoyote

Haven't had one before, no. Have had eagle putts from around 5-10ft but no closer than that.

There was one in Grange Castle on the 18th hole as far as I know, within the last year or so.

I think that you win some sort of price from HowDidIDo, similar to the hole in one prizes for it.

Tilikum

I had a 2 on our par 5 7th years ago.

The hole was shortened by about 100yrs though as they were putting in a new green ☺️

rickis tache

know of 2 holes in one on par 4s if that counts. 17th in westport and 16th in curra West. not mine of course. As for 2 on a par 5 never seen on but plenty of close calls within 6 feet. again not mine.

charlieIRL

Not an albatross but had an eagle on the Par 4, 4th hole in Castle Barna last Thursday!! Pitched in from 110m

thegolfer

Went albatross eagle birdie birdie a few years back, 2.2.2.4.

Missed out on twos competition, and only got the gross.

RoadRunner

thegolfer wrote: »

Went albatross eagle birdie birdie a few years back, 2.2.2.4.

Missed out on twos competition, and only got the gross.

Serious? Where was this?

Dbu

thegolfer wrote: »

Went albatross eagle birdie birdie a few years back, 2.2.2.4.

Missed out on twos competition, and only got the gross.

Missed out?
In our club you can have a 2 on any hole, and a hole in 1 takes half the pot

frink

Never had an eagle on a par 5 let alone an albatross!

4 eagles in my life, 2 holes in ones, 2 hole outs on Par 4s

Will get that elusive par 5 eagle one day!

ThunderCat

Never had an Albatross but I had an Eagle once on the 15th at Corballis. Such is the nature of that hole I didn't see it go in, only that I struck it well and on a good line. Managed to get a birdie on the 16th straight after aswell. Very proud of that. Rest of the round was nothing to write home about though.

Tom.D.BJJ

ThunderCat wrote: »

Never had an Albatross but I had an Eagle once on the 15th at Corballis. Such is the nature of that hole I didn't see it go in, only that I struck it well and on a good line. Managed to get a birdie on the 16th straight after aswell. Very proud of that. Rest of the round was nothing to write home about though.

DB on the 17th no doubt!!

fullstop

thegolfer wrote: »

Went albatross eagle birdie birdie a few years back, 2.2.2.4.

Missed out on twos competition, and only got the gross.

Could have at least made it somewhat believable

ThunderCat

Tom.D.BJJ wrote: »

DB on the 17th no doubt!!

Yea I think I did. Didn't give the tee shot enough gas and rolled back to the bottom of the hill. It ain't easy from there.

PokeHerKing

thegolfer wrote:

Went albatross eagle birdie birdie a few years back, 2.2.2.4.

Kim is that you?

swededmonkey

Had my first eagle on the par 5 index 1 in donabate on Sunday. Pitched in from the light rough 60 yards out. With 2 shots at the hole, I got a nice 5 pointer out of it

PARlance

fullstop wrote: »

Could have at least made it somewhat believable

The guy plays off +2 (or has done in the past)... lots of golf, lots of extremely good golf, nothing to disbelieve.

Unless he has been posting for 7+ years just to line up that post.

ForeRight

I've never had an albatross but I played in the states last year and got a double eagle.

ForeRight

swededmonkey wrote: »

Had my first eagle on the par 5 index 1 in donabate on Sunday. Pitched in from the light rough 60 yards out. With 2 shots at the hole, I got a nice 5 pointer out of it

Is that not a 6 pointer

red ears

ForeRight wrote: »

Is that not a 6 pointer

Albatross would be 6 points.

mafc

ForeRight wrote: »

Is that not a 6 pointer

Correct

On a par 5 with two shots a bogey is 3 pts
A par 4pts
A birdie 5 pts
An eagle 6 pts.

red ears

mafc wrote: »

Correct

On a par 5 with two shots a bogey is 3 pts
A par 4pts
A birdie 5 pts
An eagle 6 pts.

2 shots on a par 5.. hacker lol

mafc

red ears wrote: »

2 shots on a par 5.. hacker lol

😂
Its index 1

stringy

swededmonkey wrote: »

Had my first eagle on the par 5 index 1 in donabate on Sunday. Pitched in from the light rough 60 yards out. With 2 shots at the hole, I got a nice 5 pointer out of it

There's no index 1 par 5 in Donabate.

ForeRight

stringy wrote: »

There's no index 1 par 5 in Donabate.

slave1

so basically no albatross's so posting about eagles instead:P

mike12

Had one in enniscrone in the ACC 2 years ago.

Dealerz

has no one taken the hint yet....not even one thanks for the OP?
Ok so, I will tick the box! Well done Road Runner on the eagle, would you like to tell us about the drive?

RoadRunner

Dealerz wrote: »

has no one taken the hint yet....not even one thanks for the OP?
Ok so, I will tick the box! Well done Road Runner on the eagle, would you like to tell us about the drive?

Finally So there I was on the teebox. Driver in hand. Songs written about the fearsomeness of this hole before me.. {snip a bit..} ..so I walked up and tapped in for the eagle.

Close thread.

RoadRunner

RoadRunner wrote: »

{snip a bit..}

The book will shortly be for sale on amazon/all good bookstores.

Senna

RoadRunner wrote: »

Finally So there I was on the teebox. Driver in hand. Songs written about the fearsomeness of this hole before me.. {snip a bit..} ..so I walked up and tapped in for the eagle.

Close thread.

Wow, you weave quite the story, it's like I was there with you
Well done on the tap in eagle

RoadRunner

Senna wrote: »

Well done on the tap in eagle

thanks :pac:

ForeRight

What hole and course?

Armchair Andy

ForeRight wrote:

What hole and course?

Dont ruin it! Who cares if it was on the playstation.
Playing partner had albatross on the 7th in Mahon last year. 3 wood 7 iron in the hole on a par 5. Couldnt see it as it was obscured by the hedge and elevated green. Closest ive come is a hole in one on a par 3.

ForeRight

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Dont ruin it! Who cares if it was on the playstation.
Playing partner had albatross on the 7th in Mahon last year. 3 wood 7 iron in the hole on a par 5. Couldnt see it as it was obscured by the hedge and elevated green. Closest ive come is a hole in one on a par 3.

How is a hole in one close to an albatross?

Is a hole in zero an albatross on a par 3

Armchair Andy

ForeRight wrote:

Is a hole in zero an albatross on a par 3

Owned!
I just wanted to brag:-)

RoadRunner

ForeRight wrote: »

What hole and course?

3rd hole, st Margarets

ForeRight

RoadRunner wrote: »

3rd hole, st Margarets

Nice that's a tough straight hole

Tom.D.BJJ

ForeRight wrote: »

Nice that's a tough straight hole

And uphill. Must have been a savage second shot

ForeRight

Tom.D.BJJ wrote: »

And uphill. Must have been a savage second shot

Id hit a decent enough long ball but my god I've never been near that green in two

Must have been some smacks

RoadRunner

Yeah caught the drive well. The hole is normally into prevailing wind, so can play long, but it was pretty calm on the day with just some light air coming left to right. So I was up a little further than I'd normal be. Lovely 5i in from ~185m out for my 2nd flew in over left edge of front bunker and pitched on front edge of green. Rolled out to about 15 inches. Matchplay so was playing a little more aggressive then normal!

ForeRight

RoadRunner wrote: »

Yeah caught the drive well. The hole is normally into prevailing wind, so can play long, but it was pretty calm on the day with just some light air coming left to right. So I was up a little further than I'd normal be. Lovely 5i in from ~185m out for my 2nd flew in over left edge of front bunker and pitched on front edge of green. Rolled out to about 15 inches. Matchplay so was playing a little more aggressive then normal!

Was it a gimme or did you put it in?

Coz a gimme doesn't count

RoadRunner

ForeRight wrote: »

Was it a gimme or did you put it in?

Coz a gimme doesn't count

It was given. But I said I'd prefer to putt it in for the eagle this time, and I did

dar_cool

I know your pain, I had this left after 2 shots on the par 5 12th at Corballis, was playing with Fix that day. Literally another roll and it was in. Gutted!!