In golf, where the terms birdie eagle etc. all come from and why birds?
In the 19th century American slang, the term "bird" was applied to anything particularly great. "Bird" was the "cool" of the 1800s in the U.S. So in the field golf, a great shot – which led to an under par – he became known as a "bird", which later turned into a birdie. The birdie run was in use worldwide by the 1910s, and it is believed that debuted in the U.S. in 1899. An "eagle" simply followed "birdie" is added to the lexicon according to the image of birdie flu. And "Albatros" later reached the same reason.
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