Eagle Squared

We were playing the  S&H Golf Classic, circa 1985, at the Pasadena Yacht and Country Club in St. Petersburg Florida and I was toting for Gail-Lee Hirata. Our pairing that day was Cathy Mant and LeAnn Cassaday.

We arrived at the fourth hole without much fanfare. The fourth was a fairly short hole with a  bunker right and a reachable lake to the left. The lake stretched all the way to a narrow figure eight green which slopes away and toward the water. The pin was set on the very front and difficult to approach. The safe play was hit to the pin, let the ball release and putt back to the hole.

Gail-Lee's tee ball went into the left rough, LeAnn's was center cut and Cathy's found the right trap. First to play was Cathy. She caught the ball clean and it was right on target. Landing a few steps short of the green it took two hops rolled on the green and into the hole!

LeAnn was next. Her approach landed on the front of  the green and rolled to the back. Now it was our play. We were in between clubs. The seven iron would land on the green but, like LeAnn's shot, would roll to the back. The eight would land short.

Gail-Lee preferred the seven. If the eight stayed short it would be a very difficult chip shot. After watching Cathy's ball I knew the eight had a good chance to bounce up. I told Gail-Lee "You have to play it just like Cathy. Let's go with the eight. It should land short bounce up and go into the hole." That last part was just to give her a little more confidence.

Well you guessed it! That's just what she did. The shot was an exact duplicate of Cathy's. Golf history was made. Two eagles, on the same par four, in the same group!

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