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Some helpful interference from a bird of prey provided Patrick Gorry with the most memorable hole of his golfing life.

The 45-year-old Vancouver man liked his shot from the white tees on the 147-yard Par 3 second hole at Langara Golf Course, but he didn’t love it.

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The ball landed 20 feet to the right, making it a tough putt for a birdie but a surprisingly easy drop for an eagle.

A juvenile bald eagle, which had been perched in a tree at the municipal course, took an interactive interest in Gorry’s golf ball. The bird fumbled with the ball in its talons for more than a minute before taking flight and dropping it right in the hole.

The eagle — its good deed done for the day — then flew back into the trees.

“All I can think of is he was watching the game up there and he thought it was an egg or something and came on down,” Gorry said.

Gorry managed to catch his bird-assisted ace on video.