Sentence examples for pair of birdies from inspiring English sources

Late pair of birdies gives South African three-shot breathing room over world No 1 he wishes to usurp.

McIlroy mixed five bogeys — including one on his final hole — with a pair of birdies in the second round a day after he posted a 77.

The 29-year-old Irishman made a pair of birdies early on Sunday morning to polish off a round of five-under 65 at Oakmont to move him within 18 holes of his first major title.

A momentary lapse by the leader, who took four shots to get up and down from off the 4th green, established parity between the two but Donald responded immediately with a pair of birdies to restore his lead.

MORGAN IN FRONT BY ONE: Gil Morgan closed with a pair of birdies for a seven-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Larry Nelson, Jerry McGee and Bruce Summerhays in the first round of the Kroger Classic, a Champions Tour event in Maineville, Ohio.

He's -2, alongside Joost Luiten, who started with a pair of birdies and really should have made it three from three, but has just missed a tiddler at 3. And the 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman is there also, after birdie at the opening hole.

Meanwhile on 17, a pair of birdie putts from Bradley and Dufner that are as unlucky as you'll ever see, both a dimple away from dropping in as they skate past the hole.

He made 12 birdies, only three of them from inside 10 feet, and he even missed a pair of birdie chances from inside eight feet. .

His birdie miss, on the 102-yard 13th, followed a pair of opening birdies.

He poured in a pair of big birdies on the back nine, including a 30-footer on the 16th, and made a tough par save on the 18th in regulation.

With just enough breeze to make the fairways at Firestone seem even tighter, Day relied on his sharp short game and a pair of late birdies for a one-under-par 69 that gave him a one-shot lead over David Lingmerth going into the weekend. .