Long Island Golfer Achieves Rare Feat on White Course

In Newsday's edition of Sunday, July 5, sports writer and columnist Mark Herrmann highlighted the unique accomplishment of Long Islander Darryl Garner, who scored a double-eagle 2 on the 18th hole of Eisenhower Park's White Course, which is 468 yards from the white tees and par 5.

According to the story, Garner holed out his second shot from 205 yards with a hybrid club, an achievement considered even more difficult than scoring a hole-in-one on a par 3. "In golf lingo, it is called an albatross because it is so rare," wrote Herrmann. As Garner told the reporter: "I saw it go on the green and said to myself, 'Oh, my God.' I didn't believe that."

The White course, one of three 18-hole golf courses at Eisenhower Park, was designed in 1950 by Robert Trent Jones, a major 20th-century architect of American courses. Born in England in 1906, Jones emigrated to the U.S. as a youngster and ultimately embarked on a career that saw him create or remodel some 500 golf courses throughout the U.S. over the span of seven decades.

The White course at Eisenhower measures 6,932 yards from the championship tees, 6,378 yards from the middle tees, and 5,357 yards from the forward tees. The course has elevated greens with 22 holes, as the par three’s have double identical holes. In recent years, 38 green side bunkers on the White course were renovated and 15 new tees constructed.

To read the story in Newsday, click here.