For the fun of it in honor of the PGA coming to Hazeltine, located in Chaska, MN. I want to compare a couple of golf terms to birding. I was told golf courses are great for birding, I can see it now “Hey look there goes Tiger Woods, wait a Tennessee Warbler.”
But here are a few words we can learn:
A Birdie: One stroke under par for a hole. Also possibly derived from the term "It flew like a bird" to indicate a good shot.
For birders, that is a generic term that means, what did it look like?
A Bird’s Nest: A lie in which the ball is cupped in deep grass.
For birders, this one is obvious a nest for birds.
A Buzzard: A score of two strokes over par for a hole.
I don’t of any buzzards but we get our fair share of Turkey Vultures.
An Eagle: two strokes under par for a single hole or to play a hole at 2 under par.
For birders look at him soar and migrant watching in like 20 to 30 below 0 degree weather along the Mississippi river in either Red Wing or Wabasha. Now that is devotion, especially when you have heat packs for your gloves and socks yet you still can’t feel your fingers and toes.
I hope you enjoyed this, I got the terms from Worldgolf.com
Sunday, August 16, 2009
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4 comments:
I could definitely see birdwatching while playing golf (if I played golf). I once wrote a blog post about birdwatching while playing tennis!
Nice to meet you yesterday. I hope we'll see some of your photos from the day.
I think maybe I will have to give golf a try!
Maybe! If it gets crowded at the T the rest can watch for the real birdies.
I had no idea there were so many birding references in golf. I'll have to share these with my golfing/birding brother. Thanks Mike.
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