fmagnets:
alexk345:
I wonder how these people ding so often to make eagle.
Competence
And many players don't even try to ding.
Instead they hit before or after the ding to compensate for wind and/or the break in the greens.
A key to making eagle is to get the approach shot close to, or in the hole.
Eagle on a par 3 is a hole-in-one. So par 3's aren't realistic eagle opportunities.
Eagle on a par 4 is a 2. Either drive the ball onto the green and 1 putt, or hole your approach shot.. There are some par 4's that are driveable from the tee, particular when driving with the wind.
The par 4 #9 on St.Andrews is usually a driveable green unless the wind is fairly strong and against the drive.
Eagles are most easily made on par 5's - Drive, 1 approach shot, 1 putt. = 3 and an Eagle.
Not all par 5's are realistic candidates for eagle, like BPB #4, but on the par 5's that are, I'm pretty disappointed if I don't hit my 1st approach shot on the green so I can putt for eagle. It may be a long putt for eagle, but it's still a putt for eagle and I've made long putts before.
To me, par on a par 5 is like bogey on a par 4.
In other words, I expect to birdie every par 5, and am unhappy when I make par on a par 5. If I make bogey (gasp) or worse (*** ME!) on a par 5, I. Am. Very. Disappointed. With. Myself.