Birdie (golf)

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In golf , a result at a hole is colloquially called a birdie if the player has needed one stroke less than the target course (" par "). If, for example, a player only needs 4 strokes on a lane with the lane specification 5 ("Par 5"), he has played a birdie.

application

The term birdie is part of the standard golf vocabulary, but has no meaning in the official rules. Whether and how clearly a player has stayed below or above the par requirement does not initially play a role in the rules.

origin

"Birdie" is originally an American slang term from the early 20th century and means something like "excellent" or "excellent".

The very first use of the term is said to have been in the Atlantic City Country Club in 1903. On the tee of fairway twelve, on which the brothers AB and William P. Smith and their playing partner George A. Crump had described an exceptionally good shot as the "bird of a shot", there is a memorial stone today that indicates the creation.

The first or one of the first written mentions of the term in connection with the sport of golf was in the September issue of the US American Maclean magazine in 1911, where a straight stroke over 215 yards as "Bird" (Eng ) was designated.

Trivia

Among golfers it becomes more and more to the hot , after a yardage of a golfer of the flights , a sip of high-percentage alcohol such as whiskey , Grappa , Kirsch etc. to eat. The successful golfer dispenses the sip from a flask which he carries with him in the golf bag. If he does not have any spirits with him, he can show his appreciation in the restaurant, often called "Hole 19".

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