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Avoid eagles? That’s what a Nebraska municipal golf course is asking after a group of eaglets was hatched

Those in the nest have started to spread their wings and that’s forced a little re-routing for players.

Typically, if there were eagles to be had on the back nine at Holmes Park Golf Course in Lincoln, Nebraska, they came on the 10th, a 519-yard par 5 that plays as the 14th handicap hole.

This summer, however, there are also eagles to be found on holes No. 13 and 14, which has forced organizers to scramble for solutions.

The course, designed by Floyd Farley, houses a number of bald eagles and recently a group of hatched eaglets have thrown a wrench into local rounds.

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According to a story from Mark Fischer of Lincoln’s KLKN-TV, those in the nest have started to spread their wings and that’s forced a little re-routing for players.

A new area to the right of hole 13 near the green will be off limits to golfers, according to Lincoln City Golf.

There is also a new route to take when getting to hole 14.

After finishing the 13th hole, golfers will go to the left of the green and follow the signs to the 14th tee box.

Bald eagles are a federally protected bird, and Fish and Wildlife asks golfers to use caution when playing on the course.

Fischer, who is a golfer himself, told Golfweek that he’s seen eagles hovering while playing the course.

“I was putting for birdie on one hole and I looked up and there were two of them in the trees,” Fischer said, noting that he missed his birdie putt but tapped in for par.

PGA Championship playoff: History, aggregate format, holes used, rules if it’s tied at end of regulation

There have been 13 playoffs in PGA Championship history, with five of those using the three-hole aggregate format.

The 2024 PGA Championship had 15 players within five shots of the lead to start the final round.

That had all the makings of a potential playoff at Valhalla Golf Club.

The PGA Championship is unique in that it uses a three-hole aggregate playoff format.

The last time they needed extra holes to settle a PGA was in 2022 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

There have been 13 playoffs in PGA Championship history, with five of those using the current three-hole aggregate format. The first time that format was used was in 2000, the year of the epic Tiger Woods-Bob May playoff thriller.

The winner of the 2024 PGA will bank a tournament-record $3.3 million from a total prize pool of $18.5 million, also a tournament record.

Here’s what to know if there’s a tie after 72 holes of stroke play.

What is the PGA Championship playoff format?

If two or more players are tied after four rounds, there will be a three-hole aggregate playoff. Whoever has the lowest combined score over the three holes is the champion.

What if it’s still tied after the three holes?

There would then be a sudden-death, hole-by-hole playoff starting on No. 18, then continuing as needed to No. 13, No. 17 and No. 18 repeated.

Which holes are used?

According to the PGA of America, the three-hole aggregate playoff in 2024 will be contested on Nos. 13, 17 and 18. No. 13 is called “The Limestone Hole,” a 349-yard par 4, the shortest par 4 at Valhalla but one that features an island green. No. 17 is called “Straight Up” and is a 477-yard par 4. The 18th hole, dubbed “Photo Finish,” is a par 5 that measures 573 yards. Those yardages are the official Sunday numbers according to the PGA of America.

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Who tees off first in aggregate playoff?

The playoff participants will draw numbers to determine who tees off first.

PGA Championship playoff history

The have been 13 times in all since the PGA switched to a stroke-play tournament in 1958 that a playoff was needed:

  • 2022: Justin Thomas over Will Zalatoris
  • 2011: Keegan Bradley over Jason Dufner
  • 2010: Martin Kaymer over Bubba Watson
  • 2004: Vijay Singh over Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard
  • 2000: Tiger Woods over Bob May
  • 1996: Mark Brooks over Kenny Perry
  • 1993: Paul Azinger over Greg Norman
  • 1987: Larry Nelson over Lanny Wadkins
  • 1979: David Graham over Ben Crenshaw
  • 1978: John Mahaffey over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson
  • 1977: Lanny Wadkins over Gene Littler
  • 1967: Don January over Don Massengale
  • 1961: Jerry Barber or Don January

PGA Championship aggregate playoff history

The current three-hole aggregate format has been deployed five times:

  • 2022: Justin Thomas over Will Zalatoris
  • 2011: Keegan Bradley over Jason Dufner
  • 2010: Martin Kaymer over Bubba Watson
  • 2004: Vijay Singh over Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard
  • 2000: Tiger Woods over Bob May

Do the other golf majors have the same playoff format?

No. The British Open has a four-hole aggregate playoff. The Masters’ structure is a stroke-play sudden death alternating between the No. 18 and No. 10 holes. The U.S. Open has had a two-hole aggregate playoff since 2018.

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Alejandro Tosti drives par-4 13th island green, makes eagle at 2024 PGA Championship

One of the PGA Tour’s next great characters put on quite the show on Sunday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Alejandro Tosti, let me, as the kids say, drop some knowledge on you.

The 27-year-old from Rosario, Argentina – the same town as soccer legend and current Inter Miami star Leo Messi – is in his first full season on the PGA Tour and is already making a name for himself as one of the next great characters on the tour due to his antics and personality.

During Sunday’s final round of the 2024 PGA Championship, his skill and confidence were on full display on Valhalla Golf Club’s par-4 13th hole. Known as The Limestone Hole, the 13th plays to 351 yards (the shortest par-4 on the course) and features an island green that’s built up at a 20-foot elevation and lined by, you guessed it, limestone boulders.

Most players lay up with an iron off the tee and then flip in a wedge onto the putting surface to set up a birdie chance. Tosti, however, was feeling on the back nine, pulled his driver from the bag and hit a near-perfect shot to 7 feet to set up one of the most impressive eagles of the week.

Tosti was in position to contend for a potential top 10 finish at the second men’s major championship of the season after opening rounds of 68-69 to reach 5 under for the tournament. On Saturday, however, he struggled to the tune of a 8-over 79 that featured four double bogeys.

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In 13 events this season, Tosti has made six cuts, missed seven, and has just one top-25 finish, his T-2 showing at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.

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Play halted as massive eagle kills impala on golf course; video

Play was interrupted on Skukuza Golf Club in South Africa recently as a massive eagle feasted on a baby impala that it had ambushed.

Play was interrupted on a golf course in South Africa recently as a massive eagle was spotted feasting on a baby impala.

The accompanying footage was captured at Skukuza Golf Club, which bills itself as the “wildest course in the world.”

The footage shows golfers pausing to watch the martial eagle over its prey, with the videographer describing the scene as “unreal.”

Skukuza is in Kruger National Park and the course is unfenced. Lions and other large critters roam its fairways, but they’re rarely spotted during playing hours.

Martial eagles are among the largest eagles in Africa, with wingspans measuring nearly eight feet. They’re opportunistic predators capable of spotting potential prey a distance of three miles.

Martial eagles prey on mammals, birds, and reptiles. They also kill livestock, making the large raptors vulnerable to ranchers and farmers.

Martial eagles are listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Bald eagle nests are massive, and this beauty is a high-rise

Bald eagle nests come in various shapes and sizes, and it seems as though one nest in Vancouver is beginning to resemble a high rise.

Bald eagle nests come in various shapes and sizes, and one nest in Vancouver is beginning to resemble a high-rise.

“Look at mama bald eagle at the top of this nest – one of the biggest I’ve seen!” Pacificnorthwestkate tweeted on Tuesday. “Every year more sticks get added.”

To be sure, the eagle family Kate has observed is moving up. She told FTW Outdoors that the nest measures about 15 feet tall “and it’s getting bigger every year.”

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the largest bald eagle nest on record, in St. Petersburg, Fla., was 20 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter.

The Lab’s All About Birds website states that a nest in Vermilion, Ohio, was famous for being shaped like a wine glass. It weighed nearly two metric tons and was used for 34 years “until the tree blew down.”

Replica of a typical bald eagle nest at Hueston Woods State Park

In 2021, the Forest Park Nature Center in Illinois shared an image showing a ranger sitting inside a scale-model of a typical nest, measuring 5 feet wide and 3 feet deep.

The image revealed how an ordinary bald eagle nest would look if it were not partially hidden by branches. (The replica nest is housed at Hueston Woods State Park in Ohio.)

Bald eagle guards nest from a treetop. Photo: ©Pete Thomas

A nest that I’ve been observing, in east San Diego County, is of the typical variety and has been used for years by the same bald eagle pair.

I’ve included two recent images – one showing an adult eagle guarding the nest from the treetop, and another showing a newly hatched chick next to a watchful parent.

Newly hatched chick stands under a parent’s watchful eye. Photo: ©Pete Thomas

The ungainly youngster revealed its fuzzy head Sunday as I was about to leave my observation point.

Bald eagle chicks fledge after 10-12 weeks. After they fledge, immature bald eagles can travel great distances in search of a preferred territory.

From All About Birds: “Immature bald eagles spend the first four years of their lives in nomadic exploration of vast territories and can fly hundreds of miles per day.

“Some young birds from Florida have wandered north as far as Michigan, and birds from California have reached Alaska.”

Bald eagle attain their classic regal appearance, with white crowns and tail feathers, after about five years.

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Watch: Aaron Rodgers drains eagle putt to finish American Century Championship

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers finished the American Century Championship with a long eagle putt on No. 18 on Sunday. Watch it here.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers secured a top-10 finish at the American Century Championship by sinking a long eagle putt on No. 18 of Sunday’s third round.

The eagle (two under par for a hole) was worth six points in the Stableford scoring format and moved Rodgers to 50 total points for the tournament, locking in a ninth place finish in the event.

Rodgers shot four-under par on the final nine holes, adding 19 points to his total.

In the first round, Rodgers double bogeyed No. 18, turning an otherwise solid round into a somewhat disappointing 80. On Sunday, the Packers quarterback finished off a tremendous back nine with his best individual score of the tournament.

After arriving on the green in two, Rodgers’ right-to-left eagle putt found the right line and had more than enough speed. The result was a three on the card to finish the event.

Here’s video of the eagle putt:

Rodgers celebrated in style. He threw out a finger point, first pump and shoulder bump with Stephen Curry before unleashing a quick “Belt,” his signature celebration.

Here was Rodgers’ quote tweet of the video:

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Watch: Bald eagle attempts to fly off with pet Yorkie

A Yorkshire terrier has survived a terrifying ordeal involving a bald eagle intent on making a meal of the pooch.

A Yorkshire terrier has survived a terrifying ordeal involving a bald eagle intent on making a meal of the pooch.

The accompanying footage, captured by a doorbell camera in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, shows the Yorkie, named Coco, crying out as a shadow appears overhead and the eagle swoops down to grab her from a porch.

Justin Dudoward, the dog owner, told FTW Outdoors that he did not witness the predation event, which occurred last Thursday. “I just heard her cries,” he said of Coco.

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The eagle bangs into a container as it attempts to take flight, as Coco bawls.

But the large raptor would leave empty-handed. Coco reappears in front of the camera at 12 seconds, running toward the house. Dudoward said she was uninjured.

The footage might serve as a reminder, however, that coyotes and mountain lions are not the only threats to small dogs left outside.

Although bald eagles prey mostly on fish, they’ll attack birds, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits, muskrats, and other small mammals.

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Nesting bald eagle swoops down for a bath in stunning footage

A photographer has captured extraordinary footage showing a female bald eagle swooping from its nest to a river to enjoy a bath while the male eagle watches over young ones.

A photographer has captured extraordinary footage showing a female bald eagle swooping from its nest to a river to enjoy a bath while the male eagle watches over young ones.

Mike Lemery’s footage, posted below, was captured recently on the Mohawk River in Cohoes, outside Albany, N.Y. It shows momma eagle leaving to “clean up” and immersing herself repeatedly while remaining on high alert and, at one point, calling to her mate.

Lemery, of Mike Lemery Films, told FTW Outdoors that the eagles are caring for three chicks, instead of the typical one or two, “so they have been working extra hard with the extra mouth to feed.”

The photographer added that minutes before momma left for her bath, papa eagle arrived at the nest with food.

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“They take turns watching over the nest, but the female does the majority of the feeding and protection of the nest,” Lemery said. “They tend to bathe after everyone has eaten.”

After her bath, momma eagle is shown drying off on a branch near the nest.

With bald eagle nesting season underway, and nest-cams providing closeup views of feeding and nurturing, Lemery’s footage provides a wonderful glimpse of eagle behavior beyond the nest.

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Bald eagle shot in Tennessee, prompting federal investigation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for the public’s help regarding the shooting of a bald eagle in Tennessee.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for the public’s help regarding the shooting of a bald eagle in Tennessee.

The mature eagle, found on Feb. 28 alongside Ebenezer Rd. near Reagan in Henderson County, was euthanized because of its injuries.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency stated Friday that “a potential reward is being offered for information leading to the prosecution of a person or persons involved in the criminal offense.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the USFWS at 615-736-5532 or the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency at 731-423-5725.

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The bald eagle has been the national bird of the United States since 1782.

Although removed from the endangered species list in 2007, bald eagles remain protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

Charl Schwartzel made the 10th-ever eagle on the 10th hole at the Masters; this lucky patron ended up with the golf ball

Charl Schwartzel made just the 10th eagle on the 10th hole in Masters history.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Greg Sissel of Denver is here in Augusta this week as he takes in his third Masters tournament.

And the 50-year-old was in the right spot at the right time Saturday to make a memory that will last a lifetime.

Sissel was in the gallery to the right of the 10th green as the final group, featuring tournament leader Scottie Scheffler and Charl Schwartzel, came through in the late afternoon.

He watched as Schwartzel bombed a drive 344 yards, leaving a 136-yard approach that he laced perfectly above the hole,with the ball hitting about 10 feet above the hole before rolling back into the bottom of the cup for an eagle.

Schwartzel moved to 6 under for the tournament on the shot but made four bogeys the rest of the way. He finished at 2-under 214 after a 73 and is tied for fourth with Shane Lowry after 54 holes.

Schwartzel then pulled the ball from the hole and tossed it into the gallery as the patrons roared.

“We almost left to go to Amen Corner, but we decided to stay and I’m glad we did,” Sissel said. “When he threw it up I said, ‘It’s coming our way,’ and if my friend had better hands he would have got it, but he fouled it off to me. That was the most exciting shot we’ve seen here.”

The eagle was just the 10th on the 10th hole in Masters Tournament history but also the second this week as Gary Woodland did it during Friday’s second round.

Eagles on the 10th hole during the Masters

  • Dick Metz, 1940
  • Doug Ford, 1960
  • Rick Fehr, 1987
  • Guy Yamamoto, 1995
  • Masashi ‘Jumbo’ Ozaki, 1999
  • Casey Wittenberg, 2004
  • Brandt Jobe, 2006
  • Robert Allenby, 2008
  • Gary Woodland, 2022
  • Charl Schwartzel, 2022

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