1.   I was excited to start the year, and making birdies on the first two holes really settled me down.

2.   If Perez keeps making birdies this weekend, however, a lot of people will pay attention.

3.   Making birdie is usually a stroke of luck.

4.   After a hole-in-one Friday, he started strong by making birdie putts at the first, third and fifth holes.

5.   He started the front nine making three straight birdies with short putts after pinpoint approaches to the green.

6.   Lehman said the biggest problem on the course dubbed the Monster was not so much making birdies as avoiding bogeys.