At Renny in Charlotte, they had an eagle pot.

Any hole that was considered a par 4 or 5 that you eagled, you recieved money like an ace pot.

Also, at the am crosstown in Raleigh, Walt Haney offered 50 dollars to any dueces on the 5 two shot holes on the two courses...

I think this is a GREAT idea.....so many people forget than a 2 on a 2 shot hole is equivalent to an ace...

Thoughts?

they had one of these at the CasTTle for hole 8. Don't know what ever happpened to it. Of course the hole has only been TTrimed...I mean eagled twice.
Nate "Word is Me" Bond
Ed "IJAR" Williams

The "Eagle Pool" at Renny also was TTrimmed. JY hit 378' (downhill anny) 15 for an ace. Only eagle of the day. At least he got an $11 skin for his efforts since he wasn't in the pool. :confused:

Calling out TT - put your money in the ace/eagle pool!

At all three of the tournaments I ran on the 18-hole 13,000-foot course [par 72] we ran an eagle pool. No one ever got an eagle! I think maybe Jamie Mosier eagled #11 before we decided that it was a par 4, so that one does not really count.

[In 2007, I got an eagle on hole 5. I laid up short and left of the pond and then accidentally sunk a 350 foot "upshot." If Woj also got an eagle at another tournament, I have forgotten that.]

I've suggested this idea of giving birdies on really hard holes the same weight as aces, but DGers in the NW are against this idea. I'm guessing it's about 75% against. My instinct is that the newer/crappier DGers are more against this idea than the older/better DGers.

Maybe time will change their minds. :)

you mean counting them in the ace pool?
and did you mean eagles?
I guess the question is, "is hitting an ~80' putt after one or two great shots equivalent to nailing a ~200' or more shot off the tee pad?"

To me, an eagle pot inserted into an aceport would be mainly for par 4 holes where a 2 would be harder to get than an ace on the shorter holes of the course.

Now if you have a, say, 600 foot hole, and there happens to be a local lefty that has a freakish long lefty roller that usually gets him 100 feet or less for a 2, then maybe you'll have to eliminate that hole. Or if some traveling pro arrives for a $1000 pot with a throw that goes OVER a forest for a 2 that mere mortals must bark-bite thru the forest. That sounds a little unfair, so the pure aces-only crowd has a point in their favor there IMO

Around here, for those who are in the "51" club (pay $5 for ace or $1 for metal off the tee), will pay "small metal" for 2nd shots on par 4's and third shots for par 5's. We just reduce the amount to $1 for the eagle and 25 cents for a metal hit.

An eagle at renny is not at all like an ace....It is simply two great shots and a putt. However. there are a couple that can be eagle for 2....However...You must really thread or throw a bomb to get it. Hole eleven eagle would be a fairway ace as well as 13...and 17, 18.

On most true par-fours, an eagle is less likely than ace on a short par-3. You're guaranteed a shot at an ace on a par-3, but to get a chance at eagle on a par-4, you've got to hit the fairway with your drive. On many par-4s, your second shot is just as long or longer than the tee shot on some par 3s. Or maybe that just goes for weenie arms like me... :D

I've only ever hit one eagle that wasn't an ace - 17 blue at Buckhorn. But to me, that was just as cool as an ace.

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I just discovered this thread this morning.

Here in Pittsburgh we run monthly events where we offer an Eagle Pot instead of the traditional ace pot. Moraine State Park and Deer Lakes Park are par 66 courses with similar SSAs. Since running the Moraine Monthly (started 2005), we have paid out the eagle pot 4 or 5 times.....all eagles and no aces. There have been aces at Moraine, but none of those hole-in-one tee shots have occurred during our monthly events.

Of course, an ace on a par 3 hole is considered an eagle.

Thought I'd also get in on this 4 year old thread :)

Although I think getting an eagle is great, I've never felt like I should be rewarded other than by my score. I guess if there was a par 4 hole with an island that your first shot had to land inside, then your subsequent shots would be more like an ace, because everyone would need to shoot their shot from generally the same place. But it would only count for shot #2.

At all three of the tournaments I ran on the 18-hole 13,000-foot course [par 72] we ran an eagle pool. No one ever got an eagle! I think maybe Jamie Mosier eagled #11 before we decided that it was a par 4, so that one does not really count.
Count this under posts that need to be amended. :)

Count this under posts that need to be amended. :)I amended it as to my eagle on 5. Were there other eagles?

you mean counting them in the ace pool?
and did you mean eagles?
I guess the question is, "is hitting an ~80' putt after one or two great shots equivalent to nailing a ~200' or more shot off the tee pad?"

Follow up question: Is hitting a 350' second shot any less less of an achievment than acing a 220' shot off the tee?

My 350 eagle felt no different from a 350 foot ace, except I've never had a 350 foot ace. This is what made it really sweet. Tournament attendance was really poor. I decided that I'd keep my payouts normal, cut a little on trophies, and only lose $100 or so on the tournament.

But since the ace pool was a rollover, it was pretty big for a small tournament. I used the ace money to pay for all the trophies, break even on the tournament and take my volunteers out to dinner.

The course no longer exists, but i think I'll remember that eagle as long as any ace that won money