How can a 5-8 handi never have an eagle?

[hzppby]

yea talkin bout myself...........

I've been plyn for bout 10 years and never had an eagle.
Came close many many times but nothing. Yesterday had a side match and i was losing by 1 going into the last hole had 6 feet for eagle and didn't even touch the hole. Still won cause he bogey'd and i birdied. I've ply'd with all kinds of people from 20 handis to new to golfers thats had an eagle....

Swing speed is 107-110 driver. Shot even and one over couple of times. i have the length i just cant get it done. Club pro thinks once i get one than its gonna open the flood gates. But its so annoying, everyone at the club gives me crap about it. Mentally doesn't matter what i do over the putt or chip, i've tired of thinkin its a birdie or par putt but it just blows.
:russian_roulette:

Any advice lets hear it im all ears.....

[polodinks]

[size=2]dont feel bad man i went 3 years and never made a birdie i mean i came close like you said and just blew it..... once i made one they started coming in.... i still have my first birdie ball i made on a par 5..... my little brother whos 15 made a eagle..... beautiful drive, perfect hybrid to the green and was left with a 9 footer for eagle and drained it man..... then he blew up on the rest of the round lol..... he said i dont care at least i made my eagle..... be patient it will come[/size]

[heisagoalie]

work on your putting. after a long 2nd shot, you'll rarely be 3 feet from the hole. you will likely have a 20+ footer, and all you can hope for is to really lag it close and get lucky. That's the truth. I too am a 8 handicap, and I have had 2 or 3, just getting lucky with a long putt. Good luck man! And don't worry about it too much, if you can shoot par, you're already doing well. Remember, one shot at a time.

[justodd]

I am a 14 handicap and I have had 3 eagles in the last 4 years, don't worry about it it will happen.

[Bulldogdoc]

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I am a 14 handicap and I have had 3 eagles in the last 4 years, don't worry about it it will happen.
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I'm an 8 handicap and made my first eagle this year. Eagles are mostly luck at my handicap in my opinion.

[Vapor]

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[quote name='justodd' date='11 July 2010 - 08:28 AM' timestamp='1278851300' post='2568307']
I am a 14 handicap and I have had 3 eagles in the last 4 years, don't worry about it it will happen.
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I'm an 8 handicap and made my first eagle this year. Eagles are mostly luck at my handicap in my opinion.
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I'm pretty sure most sub 10 handicappers would disagree.

It'll come soon enough. After numerous attempts for eagle on Par 5's my first eventually came with a 60 yard pitch shot on a Par 4.....now thats luck.

[gdeep]

In my 10 years of playing golf on a regular, I've gone from a 12-14 handicap to a 4 and have had three eagles _ one chip-in (par 5) and two from the fairway (par 4s). Have only had a couple of eagle putts because my regular course has very long par 5s. Stop worrying about it, you'll make one soon. Think how long a four-footer looks when you absolutely have to make it versus on the practice green.

[inkoo4]

You say you have had many looks at Eagle, and I am sure more looks will keep coming. Just don't think about how many you've missed in the past and just step up to it and pick a line and put a confident stroke on it. Tell yourself before you putt it that its going in... You'll get one soon I can feel it.

[jaskanski]

I've been playing the best part of 32 years and I've never had a hole in one. Bummer. On the bright side though, it's probably saved me a fortune in malt whisky.
I have had a few eagles in my time though - including back-to-back eagles once. Still boring people with that story to this day. Our old friend mat562 will probably astound people with his story of 3 consecutive eagles - talk about showing off.

[One_Putt_Blunder]

I wouldnt worry to much about it. The eagle will come, I went through the same funk last year went on a run where not only was I reaching some par 5's in two I was giving myself some great looks at eagle but couldnt quite drain the putt. Finally I knocked one to 12 feet and it was the worst spot of the green just pretty much dirt and dead grass between myself and the hole. I looked at my buddy laughed and said watch after all the great eagle looks I have this will be the one I make and sure enough pretty much bounced it right into the hole through all the dead spots.

[k5kumma]

Try playing an easier course or a forward tee box. I played this week with my father, we played a short course and a forward tee box. We didnt feel the need to play seperate boxes as its fun to play golf together, so anyways I ended up having 3 eagle putts. Once you get over the mental aspecct and just play it gets easier. Now some may complain and say its cheating but I look at it this way, my main course has 6 par 5's that are just about impossible to reach in 2 as 5 of them have elevated greens. I have only had 1 eagle in over 10 years of playing there and that came from using a forward tee, which needed a driver & 3 wood to hit the green.

[nreed]

moving up tee boxes in order to make an eagle seems a bit cheesy to me. i played for several years before i even had a reasonable eagle putt. one day i just happened to get my second shot to about 20 ft and somehow the putt rolled in. give it time and it will come

[mookie]

Here's my advice....Don't make getting eagle a goal. Just worry about getting better...shoot better scores, hit the ball and make good shots more consistently. Maybe you can try to shoot in the mid-70s everytime you go out? Like many others said, your eagle will come. I don't see how thinking about the fact that you haven't made an eagle is good for your golf game. "Too many mind"...Don't even let other people get in your head. Just work on your overall game.

I agree with your club pro though, re: floodgates opening. For a long time, my friend made breaking 80 my goal. It was such a big deal...He'd get so excited when he was shooting well, so dude would start thinking about his score, and next thing you know,he starts swinging differently....maybe trying too hard not to make a bad swing. Or swinging too hard because of adrenaline. This guy finally just stopped paying attention to his score and just worried about the shot in front of him, the hole he was playing. Sunk a shaky 4-footer to shoot his first 79. In the next 15 months, he ended up breaking 80 12 more times. Floodgates, for sure.

[Borthwick]

Ha! I've played off and on for over 30 yrs and have hit only one par 5 in two strokes...my lowest index was 8.5. Needless to say, I am eagleless as well.

[Greenie]

I play to an 18 and I have had two eagles. I drove the green once on a 280 (down hill) par 4 and drained about a 12 ft. putt. I had just got a new putter and was making everything so I had the confidence to make the putt. I knew I was going to make it. The other eagle I had I hit my second shot from 200 with 5w and it rolled in the hole. Just luck. My friend plays to a +25 and he has had an eagle and hole in one. The day he got his hole in one he started out 8 then 11 then 1. LOL Alot of it is just luck unless you are a long hitter and can reach the par 5's in two regularly. Those days have been long gone for me to do that.
And to the guy that recommends moving up to a shorter tee box. If that makes you feel better then by all means do it. I play an executive course that has 200 to 250yd par 4's on it. I have had many eagles on it and regularly shoot low 70's there. It is alot of fun and makes me feel like I am a good golfer. When I come back to reality I know what kind of golfer I really am so I don't consider any eagles I get there or low score I shoot there worth mentioning in the real golf world.

[harold baines]

why waste your first eagle on a par 5,

wait and just get a hole in one someday

[Puppetmaster]

Like someone said, don't make eagles a specific goal, things should just happen when you can string some good shots together. The more pressure you put on yourself, the fewer eagle chances you'll have, because it'll start from the tee and just ruin the hole and your scoring. I used to put pressure on myself to crush a drive down the middle on a par 5, or tell myself to always give myself a run at an eagle putt or chip, and that has cost me many birdies and pars, let alone eagles. Just focus on playing reachable par 5s and short par 4s shot by shot and the eagles will come eventually.

[Evolved]

[quote name='harold baines' date='12 July 2010 - 11:46 AM' timestamp='1278949618' post='2570446']
why waste your first eagle on a par 5,

wait and just get a hole in one someday
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My first eagle was a hole in one. True story.

[Pepperturbo]

I've been plyn for bout 10 years and never had an eagle.

Came close many many times but nothing. Yesterday had a side match and i was losing by 1 going into the last hole had 6 feet for eagle and didn't even touch the hole. Still won cause he bogey'd and i birdied. I've ply'd with all kinds of people from 20 handis to new to golfers thats had an eagle....

 

Swing speed is 107-110 driver. Shot even and one over couple of times. i have the length i just cant get it done. Club pro thinks once i get one than its gonna open the flood gates. But its so annoying, everyone at the club gives me crap about it. Mentally doesn't matter what i do over the putt or chip, i've tired of thinkin its a birdie or par putt but it just blows.

:russian_roulette:

 

Any advice lets hear it im all ears.....

 

Seeing as though you have the length all that's left is "condition" judgment, "shot accuracy", "putting", and the biggest of all inhibitors to any golf goal is - lacking confidence. One things for sure, making an eagle should not be a strong goal, least IMO.

 

Aside from traditional way to make eagle - most people get "lucky" making them on the 3rd shot by hitting it close and having it roll into the cup.

[bryanr]

I'm on the hunt as well. I have good distance with my woods but get hung up with my short irons in most cases. I've had eagle putts from 30 (par 5) and 12 (par 4) and missed them both. Two rounds ago, my second shot on a par 5 was from 100 yards and I had to scramble for par after I flew the green. Last round, I had a 150 yard second shot on a par 5 and just pulled it a bit and ended up chipping again instead of putting. It doesn't bother me but I do wonder when it will finally happen. I might start to kick myself when I miss these but then I remember it's an abstract desire and just enjoy the birdie or par that I ended up with.

[hoganfan924]

Surprised you never chipped one in or jarred one from the fairway. Your SS is probably a few MPH faster than mine these days and I usually get 2 or 3 a year. Obviously you have a mental block, so it will probably come unexpectedly, like draining one from the fairway, or hitting one close enough on a par 5 to have a tap-in. You're probably putting too much pressure on yourself.

[RookieBlue7]

It looks good on the scorecard, but the final score is what really matters. I've eagled every par 5 on my home course several times each, most recently #5 on my last round before my surgery. There's no special feeling about it for me really. I just worry about the number at the end of the round. And besides that, an eagle rarely gets a skin on any of those holes save #18 in the weekly event they do there.

I feel more accomplished birding 4 of 5 consecutive holes, with 3 of them being in a row a few rounds ago when playing with friends and winning big money in WOLF. Why? I don't know, but playing consistent to me is more of an accomplishment than having one good hole.

[swbyps]

Im a 6hcp and I have had 3...all this year! On a short par 4..uphill chip over bunker to elevated green and could not see the hole..made it. Par 5 green in 2 then drained left to right 35 footer. On a par 5 was about 240yds from the front...hit 3w that landed short and rolled up to about 3ft..made putt. I guess being a 6hcp I can play descent golf and hit some good shots at times, but I must admit those were pretty much all luck.

[badbrad108]

I'm 53 years young and a 12 hcp. I had one yesterday. But I get one about every few months. I wish I could lower my hcp. I always have those few holes that kill me.
bRAD

[3_Jack_Par]

2 handicap here. I usually make a few eagles each year, mostly on par 5s, though I've holed a few irons from the fairway on par 4s. Still looking for that ace, though. I hit it a decent distance, so I generally get a putt for eagle every couple of rounds, though most are long putts, and I don't convert very often.So far this year, I have 3, which is more than I had all last year. They've all been on par 5s, though they've each come in different ways. The first, I came up a quarter inch short of an albatross from 247 out. The second was on a short, downhill par 5, where I crushed my drive and had a 9-iron into the green. I hit it to about 6 feet and made the putt. The third was on a 607 yard par 5 where I hit two good shots to get within 50 yards of the green, and holed the wedge shot.

I wouldn't get discouraged. It'll come. If you stop getting opportunities, that's when I'd start to worry.

[JJK947]

Not to brag but I get at least a few eagles every month.

The par fives on my course play about 500 yards so it is really more like a long par four. If you really want one that bad I would suggest finding some shorter par fives.

[CosmosMpower]

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[quote name='harold baines' date='12 July 2010 - 11:46 AM' timestamp='1278949618' post='2570446']
why waste your first eagle on a par 5,

wait and just get a hole in one someday
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My first eagle was a hole in one. True story.
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+1 my one and only eagle was a hole in one on a par 3.

[the_krulatz]

I was a 4.2 index the summer before finally making my first eagle...now, they happen with rather frequent regularity.

I'd say the biggest thing that will help you is trying to not get caught up in the anticipation of having the opportunity of making your first eagle. This will take the pressure off and more than likely lead to your first eagle.

Best of luck!

[Rko1011]

u will get it one day. I had my first eagle at 15, so youll get it

[benthegolfer]

The course I play at home is fairly short, 5800 from tips, but it is really hilly, and small greens add to the challenge of hitting them. The par 5's are fairly short (around 480-500) and i've not once eagled one. I've come extremely close, but I'm a short hitter (Driver-230 +/-) so, it is abit tougher. My first eagle was when I holed a pitch shot into a par 4. (Driveable for longer hitters, 270ish yards.) I came almost pin high on the right, and hit my 30yard approach in the hole. I'm a ten handicap, but I'm sure trying to go after those par 5's when I feel like I can. Birdies haven't been too much of a problem, as I usually end up with a short pitch shot for my third. Hopefully I will hole one of those 3rd shots, and start counting the eagles! I wish the best of luck to you! They will come! I would just focus on getting third shots and putts close, and perhaps they'll start to fall.