Who Scores in Golf and When?

"Birdies" and "Bogies" and "Trivia"

By JA Francis

Who's scoring golf and when?

Each player plays a ball from the tee to the hole. When all individual players or teams have brought a ball into play, the player or team whose ball is the farthest from the hole is next to play. When all players of a group have completed the hole, the player or team with the best score on that hole has the honor, or the right to tee off first on the next tee.

Each player acts as marker for one other player in the group, that is, he or she records the score on a score card. In stroke play, the score consists of the number of strokes played plus any penalty strokes.( Points that are added to the score for violations of rules or a ball rescued from a hazard.)

When you're scoring golf always make sure to check with the player you are scoring before writing anything down. Don't go by what your friend says, however reliable he usually is. We all make mistakes but unless we're cheating, rarely about our own score, after all we swung that club. A point that is not written down or written down incorrectly can be the difference between a win and a loss.This point was made crystal clear just recently when a tournament win was lost because of a written scoring error. 

You can find more information about the United States Golf Association by checking out usga.org. This is the official website of the USGA and provides a complete and up-to-date rulebook, in addition to info on the handicap system, tournaments, and a tour of the golf museum.

Birdies and Bogies and Par for the Course.

Each hole has a par for the course, which is the number of strokes that a skilled golfer should require to complete the hole. For example, a skilled golfer expects to reach the green on a par four hole in two strokes, one from the tee (drive), another to the green (approach), and then to roll the ball into the hole with two putts. A golf hole is traditionally either a par three, four, or five.You need to be familiar with at least these basic terms if you're scoring golf, and if you're playing, you're scoring, though I'm sure someone will help you. 

• Par is = O as a score.
• Above par = +1 is called a bogey
  Above par = +2 is called a double bogey
  Above par = +3 is called a triple bogey
  Above par = +4 is called a quadruple bogey
• Below par = -1 is called a birdie
  Below par = -2 is called an eagle (or double birdie)
  Below par = -3 is called an albatross (or double eagle)
  Below par = -4 is called a condor (or double albatross)

Golf history trivia

These golf history trivia facts came from Instant Trivia

• In 1898 the term "birdie" was coined at Atlantic C.C. from "a bird of a hole."
• Bogey was invented by Hugh Rotherham in 1905, as the score of the hypothetical golfer playing perfect golf at every hole. Rotherham called this a "Ground Score," but Dr. Thomas Brown, honorary Secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, christened this hypothetical man a "Bogey Man," after a popular song of the day, and christened his score a "Bogey." With the invention of the rubber-cored ball golfers were able to reach the greens in fewer strokes, and so bogey has come to represent one over the par score for the hole.
• A Condor is also, assuming it’s a par five hole, called the ultimate hole in one.

The longest golf drive in history

• The official world's longest hole-in-one is held by Robert Mitera who made a 447 yard drive into the cup on the 10th hole of the Miracle Hills CG on 07.10.1965

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