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 Golf” contains […]