Mark TaylorSan Francisco Conservatory of Music

BIRDIE THURSDAY! I finally made par! #bernardlouisgolf

6 Aug 2026 · 2 min

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Mark Taylor plays a par-5 at Hermitage Golf Course in Nashville, hitting an 8-iron layup about 100 yards from the green. He misses a long birdie putt but finishes with a par.

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Good morning everybody, bright and early here in Nashville, Tennessee. My name is Mark Taylor, welcome back to Birdie Thursday. We're here at the Hermitage Golf Course, General's Retreat today. Second hole, big old par 5, let's see what happens. The tee box wants you to hit it on the train tracks over there, so I'm gonna try to not do that. We're gonna try to go over here. That'll work. A little skull punch is what I call that. As usual, we're brought to you by Bernard Lewis. Go check out their shirts, bernardlewis.com. I'm wearing them right now. They're so comfortable. We have 280 yards in. I don't have that club in the bag, being that I didn't even hit my drive that far. 8-iron it is. Here we go. Layup. That'll work. Wonderful. We have 100 yards in. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but if there was like— can we get like a birdie watch on the screen maybe, Sam? Something like that? Birdie watch? That'd be great. It's not quite 59 watch, but it's birdie watch. I need to put this close. I can feel the pressure building. Now come down that hill a little bit. Oh, it's gonna be a long putt for birdie. We'll see. For birdie on Birdie Thursday, brought to you by Bernard Lewis. Let's see, this thing is on the side of a cliff. Could it happen? Could it happen? No, no, it does not happen, and I have a long way home. This is egregious for par on Birdie Thursday. Ladies and gentlemen, the first non-bogey on Birdie Thursday. I'll take it. See you guys next week.