How to pronounce “birdie”(noun) in English

that tiger had hit a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win Tiger's day may have ended but for the task force a night of

I don't care if he's two, and he's talking about the birdie that just went by or the boo-boo he has.

And then of course there are the ancient grammar police, like the commentator who said, oh for crying out loud, you never end a sentence with a little birdie.