About Bill Fields
About The Albatross and me
Thanks for your interest in The Albatross. An albatross—a score of three under par on a hole; what many Americans call a double eagle—is one of the rarest and coolest things in golf.
I’ve never seen one in person, but I got to talk with Gene Sarazen about the famous 2 he made on Augusta National’s 15th hole during the 1935 Masters. I was on the grounds at Oakland Hills in 1985 when T. C. Chen made the first albatross in U.