Albatross is the Spanish word for “pelican,” and although to a mariner it may be bad luck, to a golfer it’s an amazing accomplishment.
More commonly known today as a double eagle, a three under par for an individual hole was originally called an albatross.
Only one has ever been scored in the U.S. Open because the odds of making an albatross are 1 in 5.85 million.
Gene Sarazen accomplished this in 1935.
