Birdie

A Birdie is a score that can easily be achieved in the Mario Golf series. A Birdie is a score equal to one below Par. Birdies can be achieved on all holes and any character can achieve them. In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Birdie Best Badges are blue, wheras in Mario Golf: World Tour, they're Silver. In all games, every time characters get a Birdie on a hole that they have not got a Birdie result in during a Tournament, they will get one Birdie Badge. Earning enough Badges can unlock content, depending on the game that is being played.

In the Score Card, Birdies are colored Orange in Mario Golf (Nintendo 64), while they are half-white, half-red in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

In other game modes

 * This is the lowest score that earns the player a Birdie Badge in Tournament mode.
 * When playing Club Slots in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour or by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, a Birdie gives the player 3 points.
 * The Birdie Challenge mode in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour requires the player to get a Birdie in each hole, otherwise they will fail the challenge.