double eagle

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of double eagle

: a golf score of three strokes less than par on a hole

The ball landed on the front right of the green and started heading for the hole. It climbed one hill and went down another and had slowed to almost a dead halt when it kissed the fiberglass flagstick and fell in for a double eagle, three under par on a hole.
—Michael Bamberger and Alan Shipnuck

— called also (chiefly British) albatross

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double-eagle

transitive verb

Recent Examples of double eagle from the Web

The Oregonian/OregonLive will accept a report of a hole in one or double eagle via email (sports@oregonian.com).

— oregonian/oregonlive sports, OregonLive.com, "Oregon, SW Washington golf: Local holes-in-one for 2018," 26 Apr. 2018
Most golfers can play a lifetime and never hit a hole-in-one or a double eagle.

— adam baum, Cincinnati.com, "Hole-in-one, double eagle over 2 days for St. Xavier's Oscar Zimmerman," 25 Sep. 2017

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