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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
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Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

44.0. "In pursuit of trivia" by NAC::SEGER (this space intentionally left blank) Wed Sep 24 1986 22:44

Recently in a game of Trivial Pursuit I came upon a golf question that I'm
sure is in error (everyone KNOWS that there are numerous errors and shouldn't
be that surprised).  However, I thought it'd be worth mentioning here for
everyone's enjoyment!

The question is something like "What is the only kind of a hole you can get a
double eagle on?".  The answer was a par 5.

Now I have a MAJOR problem with that, starting out with the definition of a
double eagle.  I had always understood that:

	double eagle = albatross = 3 under par

making it possible to get on either a par 4 or par 5!  On the other hand if the
true definition of a double eagle is twice a "regluar" eagle, then it would be a
4 under par.  However, is it even physically possible to drive a par 5?  Isn't
there a minimun yardage of something like 450-460 yards?

BTW - is there some sort of record for a longest drive not counting something
like hitting a ball into the Grand Canyon?

-mark

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
44.1	You're right!	STKTSC::LITBY	The bugger isn't round!	`Thu Sep 25 1986 09:06`	6
	An albatross, or double eagle as you call it in the U.S, is by definition a score of three under par on a hole. Which means that it is perfectly possible to achieve an albatross on a par-4. I don't know if it would be possible to drive a par-5. Has anyone heard of it happening?
44.2	Albatross = Dodo	SMLONE::SPT_BRINKLEY		`Thu Sep 25 1986 15:34`	8
	I have also heard a double eagle called a Dodo for the extinct bird (how appropriate). I'm sure it would be possible to drive a par 5 on a very windy day and on a very short hole that also had a dogleg. In fact there was a guy written up in Golf Magazine that hits a very long ball. He reached a couple of the unreachables (par 5s that have never seen a ball in 2) with low irons. Someone like that has surely gotten lucky once or twice. Better than that can you imagine the odds on a Double Dodo (albatross).
44.3	Where the Wild Goose Goes!	NANUCK::REHOR		`Sun Sep 28 1986 18:00`	6
	While technically a double eagle is 3 under par, and you can get 3 under par on a par four, the correct term would thus be a "hole in one". A double eagle therefore be attainable only on par 5's or heaven forbid, par 6's.
44.4		NAC::SEGER	this space intentionally left blank	`Mon Sep 29 1986 18:08`	7
	re:.-1 So you're saying if I get a hole-in-one on a par 3 it's not correct to call it an eagle? -mark
44.5	Traditions die hard	SMLONE::SPT_BRINKLEY		`Tue Sep 30 1986 14:43`	4
	That's correct. I did a little research last night and a hole-in-one is always an ace even though it may also be an eagle or double eagle. Roger