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An albatross, also called a double eagle, is a score of three-under-par on a single hole. This is most commonly achieved with two shots on a par-5, but can be done with a hole-in-one on a par-4. Major championships
In golf, a hole in one or hole-in-one occurs when a ball hit from a tee to start a hole finishes in the cup. The feat is also known as an ace, mostly in American English.As the feat needs to occur on the stroke that starts a hole, a ball hit from a tee following a lost ball, out-of-bounds, or water hazard is not a hole-in-one, due to the application of a stroke penalty.
The United States Golf Register is the United States's official historical registry of holes-in-one. The U.S. Golf Register is devoted to preserving history with each hole-in-one made, and recording the significance of the achievement as a historical record. There are no registration fees or dues associated with registering.
The odds of making a hole-in-one, according to the National Hole-in-One registry, is 12,500-to-1. Two in the same round, as Brian Harman achieved on the PGA Tour in 2015 ? 67 million to 1.
Three were made in 1996 PGA Championship, two on hole No. 3 and one on No. 14. No holes-in-one were recorded at Valhalla in either the 2000 or 2014 PGA Championships. Soderberg shot a 2-over 73 in ...
The following golfers have won more than one event at least five times. 7 events. Tiger Woods (WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, WGC-Cadillac Championship, Farmers Insurance Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational, BMW Championship, Memorial Tournament, Masters Tournament) 3 events. Sam Snead (Greater Greensboro Open, Miami Open, Goodall Palm Beach Round ...
Andrew Magee shot into the record books with his albatross (three-under par on a single hole) at the 332-yard 17th hole of the 2001 Waste Management Phoenix Open and, given Potgieter’s didn’t ...
Magee is the only person in PGA Tour history to hit a hole in one on a par 4 hole during a PGA Tour event. He did this with a driver at the 332-yard 17th hole of the 2001 Phoenix Open. The ball caromed off Tom Byrum's putter on its way to the bottom of the cup. Byrum, in the group ahead, was squatting down looking over a putt. [3]