BIRDIE STORIES

Highlights from the Facebook Birdie Contest

Our Facebook Birdie Contest is more than halfway over—only 15 days left. And so far, we've seen some great birdie stories. As a fellow golfer, our guess is you enjoy a good birdie story as much as we do. So we took a few minutes to pick out five of our favorite excerpts to share with you:

1. "Somehow I pitched it on a line straight for his ball, and as the two balls collided, mine went straight for the hole. After the ball found the bottom of the hole, we called the following fist bump the 'birdie bump' to honor the ricochet." – Matthew S.
   
   
2. "My friends had played their second shots while I was taking my drop. They were on the green when I hit my third shot, and they started yelling that it had a chance when I drained it from about 100 yards out. 'It's in the hole!' one of them screamed. It was a true birdie, even with my penalty stroke!" – Ed R.
   
   
3. "I was golfing with my youngest sister last week on a family vacation. We come to a tricky little par 3 over a lake to a sloping green, back to front. She smacks the ball, which does not ever get more than 10 feet off the ground, and hits the green. It rolls up probably 15 feet past the hole and then, slowly just starts trickling back to the hole…trickle…trickle…trickle. It ends up coming to rest about 12 inches from the cup, exactly hole high. She taps in for her first ever birdie!" – Nicholas A.
   
   
4. "The hole was just below the undulation in the green (very similar to the 17th at Sawgrass). So I decided to try and hit the bunker shot to the top of the undulation and let it roll back down to the hole. I hit the best bunker shot of my life at that point and it rolled just like I wanted right into the hole. I won the bet and strutted off like a rooster in a hen yard." – Mark M.
   
   
5. "The 12th is a par-3 hole that hates me. I walk up to this tee every week and talk to myself, saying 'be calm, the hole will be kind.' I take out my new 7-wood, tee it up and take another look at the pin. With the wind in my face, I wound up and let it go. I felt a gust of wind just as I made contact and thought 'Oh no, here we go again.' The ball faded slightly right and landed 18 inches from the hole and plugged. I couldn't believe it. A short tap in and I had my first birdie on the 12th." – James K.

We hope you enjoyed reading a few of our favorite stories. And remember, there's still time left to submit yours for a chance to win the custom set of Mizuno MX-300 irons. Just head over to our Facebook page, become a fan and enter the Birdie Contest. Click Here to visit our Facebook page.