Re: First birdie, does this count?
First of all, to the OP, I'm not sure people are being explicit enough here about why your birdie counts. I'd hazard a guess but I would say that the average distance of most par 3's from white tees on full courses will be well under 172. You will find some longer for sure, but there are a lot that are much shorter. You'll find a whole bunch under 150.
And to pull a tug....I have a birdie bad beat story. In all of 2006, I didn't have a single birdie in maybe 20 rounds. I shot in the 80's probably 5-6 times and had plenty of really good chances but I blew all my makeable birdie putts and didn't ever get lucky on any long ones.
Then this year in an alternating shot event, I hit a ball within 6 inches of a 150yd par three but I don't get to tap it in. Therefore, still no birdie.
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