Re: Your first Eagle...
I don't remember my first eagle. It was probably some luckbox hole-out from the fairway. My most memorable eagle, though, is also my least favorite:
About 5 years ago, I would play in a weekly $50 buyin skins game at the muni (Poplar Creek in San Mateo, CA) with a group of local club and minitour pros. I was playing to a ~3 handicap at the time, and was the weakest player in the group, but I enjoyed the competition. We were playing 8-man skins in 2 foursomes. I was in the first group. We get to the short (maybe 290 yds) par 4 7th, and all the skins are still carrying over from the beginning. I hit a 3wood off the tee to about 2 feet, kicked in the eagle putt and started celebrating.
Standing on the 8th tee, we had a view of the 7th green, and I breathed a sigh of relief when nobody in the 2nd group drove the green, or even got particularly close. Then my dreams were shattered as I watched the last guy in the group fly his 40yd pitch shot straight in for the push. That sucked.
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