In golf, par is the number of pre-determined strokes that should be done by a scratch golfer (or 0 handicap) to complete a hole, round (the number of pars from the played hole), or tournament (the sum of each round ). Pars are a major component of stroke play, the most common type of game in a professional golf tournament. The term is also used in sports such as golf as a golf disc, with the same meaning.
The length of each hole from the placement of the tee to the pin largely determines the nominal value for each hole. Almost always, the hole is rated between three and five scratches. For casual players from the middle tee, the par-three holes will be 100-250 yards (90-230 m) from tee to pin. The par-four holes are 250-470 yards (230-430 m), but tournament players will often face par-four holes 500 meters (460 m) or more, as it is common for par-five short holes to play normally into turned into a par-four hole in the championship game. Par-five holes are usually 470-600 yards (430-550 m), but in modern game holes over 600 yards are becoming more common in championship games. Other relevant factors in par arrangement for holes include terrain and obstacles (such as trees, water hazards, hills, or buildings) that may require golfers to take more (or fewer) shots. Some golf courses feature par-sixes and, very rarely, par-sevens, but the latter is not recognized by the US Golf Association.
The general championship golf course has a face value of 72, consisting of four par-threes, ten par-fours, and four par-fives. Par championship courses can be as high as 73 to 69. Most 18 hole programs that are not designed for the championship score close to 72, but some will be lower. Course with a nominal above 73 is rare. Courses built on relatively small land are often designed as "Par-3 Courses" where each hole (or almost every hole) is par-three (for a total par 54 or slightly higher over 18 holes).
Video Par (score)
Course and tournament scores
Golfers score compared to par score. If a course has a value of 72 and a golfer takes 75 strokes to complete the course, the reported score is 3, or "three above par" and take three more shots than par to complete the course. If the golfer takes 70 strokes, the reported score is -2, or "two under-par".
The tournament score is reported by the number of scores relative to par in each round (there are usually four rounds in a professional tournament). If each of the four rounds has a par 72, the par tournament will be 288. For example, the golfer can score 70 in the first round, 72 in the second round, 73 in the third round, and 69 in the fourth round. It will give the score of 284 tournaments, or "four under par".
Maps Par (score)
Hole scores
Scores on each hole are reported in the same way as the course grades are given. The name is usually given to score on the hole relative to par.
Bogey
Bogey means one shot over par (1). "Going round in bogey" originally meant an overall par score, starting at the Great Yarmouth Golf Club in 1890, and based on the phrase "bogey man" and the popular music hall song Here Comes the Bogey Man . Nationally, players competed against Colonel Bogey, and this gave the title for the 1914 line up, Colonel Bogey March .
As golf becomes more standardized in the United States, par score is tightened and recreational golfers find themselves scoring more than par, by turning the meaning of bogey into one-over-par. Bogey is relatively common, even in professional games. This is considered somewhat important if the player successfully completes a free round of bogey. Bogey is very common for many casual players and clubs.
More than one par shot is known as double bogey (2), triple-bogey (3), and so on. However, more often hear a higher score than a triple bogey called only with a sweeping number instead of by name. For example, a player has taken eight shots to negotiate a par-three, would be far more likely to call it "eight" or "five-over-par", rather than "quintuple-bogey". Double-bogeys and worse scores are rare for top players in professional play.
Par
Par means scoring a goal even (E). The golfer has taken many strokes as the par number of the hole. Theoretically, pars are achieved by two putts, with the remaining shots being used to reach the green. Achieving green in two sweeps less than par holes is called achieving "green in settings". For example, to achieve the green of a par-five hole in the rule, the player will take three (or fewer) strokes, with two other sweeps allocated to insert the ball into the hole. Par derives its name from Latin for the same.
Birdie
Birdie means printing one under par (-1). The phrase was coined in 1899, at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey. According to an inherited story, one day in 1899, three golfers, George Crump (who later built Pine Valley, about 45 miles away), William Poultney Smith (founding member of Pine Valley), and his brother Ab Smith, were playing together when Crump hitting his second shot just inches from a cup in a par-four hole after his first shot made a bird fly. Simultaneously, the Smith brothers exclaimed that Crump's shot was a "bird". Short Putt Crump left him one under par for the hole, and from that day on, the three of them called the score like "birdie". In short, all club members start using the term. As an Atlantic City Country Club, as a resort, has many out-of-town visitors, the phrase spreads and captures all American golfers. The perfect round (score 54 on the par-72 course) is most often described as birdie scoring on 18 holes, but no player has ever recorded a perfect round in a professional tournament.
During the 2009 RBC Canadian Open, Mark Calcavecchia scored nine consecutive birdies in the second half, breaking the PGA Tour record.
Eagle
Eagle means to print two under par (-2). Eagles usually happen when golfers hit the ball far enough to reach the green with fewer blows than expected. This is most common in par-toddlers but can occur in short par-fours. Holes in one par-three hole also produce eagles. The name "eagle" is used as a large bird that represents a better score than a bird.
Albatross
Albatross means three shots below par (-3) (the albatross becomes one of the largest birds); also called a double eagle in the US. This is a very rare score and occurs most often on par-toddlers with strong drives and hollow shot approaches. Hole-in-one in par-four holes (generally short ones) is also an albatross. The first famous albatross was made by Gene Sarazen in 1935 at the 15th hole at Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters Tournament round. This made it a tie for first place and forced the playoffs, which he won the following day. The sports writers of the day called it "a shot that was heard all over the world".
Between 1970 and 2003, 84 shots like that (on average less than three per year) were recorded on the PGA Tour.
Albatros was recently published including both by Joey Sindelar at the 2006 PGA Championship, only the third in the history of the competition, Miguel ÃÆ' ngel JimÃÆ'Â © nez while defending his BMW PGA Championship title in 2009, Paul Lawrie in the 2009 final of the Open Championship, Shaun Micheel on the last day of the 2010 US Open, only the second in the competition, PÃÆ'¡draig Harrington in 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, Louis Oosthuizen on the last day of the 2012 Master Tournament, the fourth in the history of the competition and the first broadcast on television and the first at Augusta's second par-five hole, Rafael Cabrera-Bello in the 2017 Player Championship, and Brooks Koepka in the 2018 Player Championship.
Condor
Condor is an unofficial name for a score of four under par (-4). This is the lowest individual hole score ever made. A condor will be a hole-in-one at par-five (usually by cutting corner dogleg) or two at par-six (never reached in December 2016). Par-sixes are very rare, just like par-sevens. In October 2008, a condor was recorded only four times, once reported on a straight drive (a record 517 yards or 473 meters, aided by thin air at high altitudes in Denver) and never during professional tournaments.
One condor was reportedly achieved with a 3-iron club (in 1995 in a horseshoe par-5 hole).
A condor is also known as a double albatross, or a triple eagle, and the convention can, in principle, be extended to mention other hypothetical scores such as five under par.
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