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Albatross (Double Eagle)

A score of three strokes under par, one of the rarest feats in golf.

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The British named it after a very large, rare seabird, since scoring three under is just as rare. Americans call it a "double eagle" instead, a split that stuck after Gene Sarazen's famous albatross at the 1935 Masters. Both terms are still used today, with albatross more common in the UK and Europe.