Converse of object

• watch: COMMENT: Watch the birdie At least we have been warned.

• make: He couldn't sustain the lead, failing to make a single birdie on the back nine.

• include: Chris's overall net score of 139 included four birdie two's.

• get: Can William get a birdie or will his approach be below par?

• have: Tuesday 18th July 2006 Jim Saxton had a worthy birdie at the 3rd.

• need: Curtis was coming up the eighteenth, needing a birdie for a play-off.

Preposition: at

• hole: The 19-year-old sealed his win with a birdie at the last hole.

Adjective modifier

• consecutive: Two consecutive birdies had left him high and dry on 17 under, a stroke clear of 35th place.

• little: One little birdie told me of an insurance scam going on at the moment that might be on the way down to us.

• more: I needed one more birdie, " Olazábal said.

• third: It was her third birdie in three days on the hole that later stymied her.

• straight: In opening with two straight birdies, Andy set his stall out.

• successive: Fighting back, John made two successive birdies that drew the pair level again, going into the final hole.

Preposition: on

• No.: And when Hurst chipped in for birdie on No. 8, Sorenstam was three shots behind.

• hole: Both triumphs came in similarly thrilling fashion, with a birdie on the final hole.

Modifies a noun

• putt: Her birdie putt barely slid past on the right, leaving her an easy par putt.

• chance: I just missed a good birdie chance on the seventh.

• attempt: At the par four tenth, York won their first hole courtesy of Richings as he shot four after narrowly missing his birdie attempt.

• opportunity: I played pretty solid on the first nine holes, which I always find harder than the back nine with fewer birdie opportunities.

Preposition: in

• hole: Kerr got to within one shot after three birdies in five holes from the 11th.