What's with all the bird terminology in golf?
Usan birdie, eagle, albatross.Can someone shed some light on why they use birds?
Birdie In common with others, Historical Dictionary of Golf Terms (1993) believes that "Pajarito", which means a score of one stroke under par on a given hole is from the 19th century American slang term "bird", ie an excellent thing. The Country Club Atlantic City to claim the first use, as mentioned in the USGA website. In 1962, the U.S. greenkeepers magazine reported a conversation with AB Smith. He related that in 1898 / 9, he and his brother, William Smith P, and his friend, George A. Crump, who later built Pine Valley, were playing the par-four second hole in Atlantic City, AB Smith second shot went just inches from the hole. Smith said "That was a bird shot" and said he should get double the money in case of win with one under par, which was agreed. He duly buried his putt to win with one under par, and the three of them thereafter referred to this score as a birdie ". The date of the event Atlantic City Club for 1903. If this statement is an exaggeration or not, the word Birdie is undoubtedly derived from the term American birds vox pop 'to a score and thus a birdie. Eagle "Eagle", a score of two under par for a given hole, was clearly the extension the subject of birds of good results from a "Birdie" (see above). It would be natural for American golfers to think of the Eagle, which is its symbol national. A score of two under par, is in some way, a birdie big "and an eagle is a large bird. AB Smith said his group refers to two under as a "eagle". Albatros From there, the issue of 'bird' he continued. Three under par is a very rare and an albatross is a very rare bird, and now three under par, generally refers to a "Albatross". However, no one knows exactly when the term was coined and it seems quite recent. In the late as April 8, 1935, a day after making an albatross at the par-5 15th hole at Augusta in the Masters, Gene Sarazen refers to his shot as a dodo ". AB Smith said his group used the phrase double eagle "for three under.
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