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unusual facts about Birdie



Ainsley Howard

Ainsley Howard is a British actress probably best known for her roles as Birdie in the 2008 film Mum & Dad in which she co-starred alongside Perry Benson, Dido Miles and Toby Alexander and Mount Pleasant as Denise.

Benn Barham

In recent seasons Barham has begun an initiative in which he donates £1 for every birdie he makes to Demelza House, a children's hospice in Kent.

Bill Glasson

Trailing seven strokes behind the leader Larry Mize with 14 holes to play, Glasson made a 45-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a round of 66 to finish one stroke ahead of Mize and Corey Pavin.

Buick Challenge

John Inman makes a birdie on the second extra hole to defeat Billy Andrade, Bob Estes, Brad Bryant, and Mark Brooks.

Chris Stroud

He lost in a sudden-death playoff to Ken Duke on the second extra hole, after chipping in from the fringe on the 72nd hole for birdie to force the playoff.

Henry Longhurst

He is best remembered by American audiences for his calls at the 16th hole of the US Masters Tournament including Jack Nicklaus' 40 foot birdie putt that led to victory in 1975.

It Records

Acts included My Life Story, who released singles such as “It’s a Girl Thing” whilst being signed to the label, Icebreaker International, Mark Cummins aka Saint Mark and Birdie.

Kevin Na

He would eventually fight back on the back nine and a vital birdie on the par-five 17th sealed a top-three finish, behind eventual winner Baddeley and the Fijian Vijay Singh.

Maximilian Kieffer

In the joint longest playoff in European Tour history, Kieffer was beaten by a Raphaël Jacquelin birdie on the ninth playoff hole.

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

Based on the McDonald's fast food franchise and four of its corporate mascots from McDonaldland (Ronald McDonald, Hamburglar, Grimace, and Birdie the Early Bird), the game follows the adventures of Ronald McDonald in an attempt to find four pieces of a treasure map, and ultimately, the treasure to which it leads.

Proud Birdie

Proud Birdie was purchased for $21,000 by A. Douglas Henderson's Marablue Farm of Reddick, Florida at the 1975 Ocala Breeders' Sales Company auction of two-year-olds in training.

Recycled Paper Greetings

The designs created by Sandra Boynton became very well known, especially her "Hippo Birdie Two Ewes" birthday card.

Ryan Palmer

Palmer entered the final round leading by one stroke, but as the final round progressed in windy conditions he had to hole a birdie putt on the last to enter a playoff with Keegan Bradley.

Steve Marino

But he suffered two buried lies in bunkers on the 15th and 17th holes, and despite making a birdie on the final hole, ended in second place, one stroke behind winner Martin Laird.

The Players Championship

2002: Playing for the first time ever in The Players Championship, Craig Perks finishes eagle-birdie-par to win by two shots over Stephen Ames.

Wales Open

In the same year, Phillip Archer posted a score of 60 in the first round, which would have been a 59 but for a missed birdie putt on the 18th green.

Watch the Birdie

"Watch the Birdie", a daily live broadcast on Ustream which features a very talkative parrot named Bibi the Bird

Wayne Roycroft

The couple divorced in 2000 and Mark died in 2003 at the age of 17 after being caught in a rip off Birdie Beach in the Munmorah State Conservation Area.

Werner Thomas

Werner Thomas (born circa 1931) is an accordionist from Switzerland credited with composing a tune popularly known as the "Chicken Dance" or the "Birdie Song" while working as a restaurant musician in Davos during the early 1960s.

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK

"The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" appears in the 2009 film Until the Light Takes Us.


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