Archive for May, 2007

Why is it called a Birdie, or is it Birdy ?

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Just another golf terminology thrown around the course is “Birdie“. We all know that we want birdies but why is it called a birdie anyway ? The “birdie” came from golfers at the Atlantic City Country Club in 1899. The term ‘birdie’ originated in the United States in 1899.  H.B. Martin’s “Fifty Years of American [...]