Nordic Draw Birdies

I got these very cute soft plastic birdies in the mail the other day from a company in Denmark called NordicDraw. They’re about six inches tall, and made from the same material as your typical rubber duck. Their heads have carabiner clips, and they squeak when you squeeze them.

Company owner Rasmus Markholt says the birds are designed to help players celebrate their on course accomplishments:

Twenty five years ago, I bought a green dragon that was meant for use as a bell on my bike. I put it on my golf cart and called it my “Birdie Dragon.” I tooted the Dragon for each birdie I made.

The birdie dragon got a kind of cult status among other players, and in my division team, players began to think that my Birdie Dragon brought them good luck.

Now I got designer Anton Sølvsten to make the three figures that have the same function as the Birdie Dragon, but simply adapted the right terms about the game.

Markholt says that he’s not worried about annoying other people on the course. The noise, he says

is no high and penetrating sound, that can be heard all over the course, but only for pleasure for the players of the ball. I have great respect for the game of golf and the players who require peace around themselves to achieve full concentration.

I don’t know about tooting the birds in celebration, but I do see these as potential pieces in a golf game. During the course of a round, the birds would exchange hands based upon various on-course accomplishments. A player who scores an unanswered birdie would get to hang Bennie the Birdie from his bag until someone else pulled off the feat. An Eagle would earn Eddie the Eagle; Andy the Ace would be awarded for the hole-in-one. At the end of the round, the player with the most NordicDraw birds wins the bet. The game could be played with or without handicaps. If the Ace and Eagle are too stringent, you could assign other events, such a sand save, or a chip-in from off the green.

They’d also make a pretty good baby squeeze toy for the progeny of a golf fanatic.

NordicDraw also has a clothing line and putters on the way. I look forward to seeing them.

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