scoring terminology

Ken Plumbly

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Jul 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/7/97

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I would appreciate some information on what the following scoring terms
mean:

birdie
eagle
bogie (sp?)

thank you

Penny
kvp2@ocol,com

Scott Larson

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Jul 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/8/97

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Well Ken you've left out Par and Ace so hopefully you know them. All the
terms are relative (except Ace) which is where people get hung up. A Par
is the score you "should" make on a hole. A Par 3 hole for example is a
hole that should be completed in 3 strokes. Most hole come in Pars of 3,
4, 5 and the rather rare par 6. So if it take you 5 strokes to complete a
par 5 you've "shot par".

A birdie is one better than Par. On a Par 4 hole a birdie is a score of 3,
on a Par 5 hole a birdie is a score of 4. It's always one stoke less than
Par.

An eagle is 2 strokes better than par except on a par 3 where it's called
and Ace or more commonly a "hole in one".

A bogey is one stroke more than a par. A score of 6 on a par 5 for
instance. Double bogey and triple bogey are progressively worse

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Mark Gunga Diels

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Jul 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/8/97

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I beleive you also left out the following:

AUK - A 2 on a Par 5
SNOWMAN - An 8 (Looks like a snowman on the card)
A MOOSE - a 10 (Hold your hand up to your head like Bullwinkle)

Does anyone have a term for a "9"

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Jeff Bohl

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Jul 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/8/97

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Mark Gunga Diels wrote:
>
> I beleive you also left out the following:
>
> AUK - A 2 on a Par 5
> SNOWMAN - An 8 (Looks like a snowman on the card)
> A MOOSE - a 10 (Hold your hand up to your head like Bullwinkle)
>
> Does anyone have a term for a "9"

One legged snowman ?
Snowman's big brother ?

:)

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Thomas Nagy

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Jul 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/8/97

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In <33c28064....@news.execpc.com>, gunga@[NOSPAM]execpc.com (Mark "Gunga" Diels) writes:
>I beleive you also left out the following:
>
>AUK - A 2 on a Par 5
>SNOWMAN - An 8 (Looks like a snowman on the card)
>A MOOSE - a 10 (Hold your hand up to your head like Bullwinkle)
>
>Does anyone have a term for a "9"

I have many terms for it, unfortunately all of them are unprintable.
See http://www.richcom.com/movies/happy/bleep.wav for a close
approximation... :)

Thomas Nagy

Rob Flax

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Jul 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM7/9/97

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A few more definitions:

Good tee shot - I found my ball
Great tee shot - I found my ball, plus two brand new titleists
Birdie - Geese walking across the fairway

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