golf scoring
Tallying fairway performance
Golf scoring counts strokes—each swing of the club adds one to your total.
Unlike most sports, lower scores win.
Holes have a par, the expected number of strokes for a skilled player.
One under par is a birdie, two under is an eagle, one over is a bogey.
A hole-in-one means sinking the ball from the tee in a single stroke.
Match play counts holes won rather than total strokes.
- parExpected stroke count
- under parLess than expected
- over parExceeding expected strokes
- birdieOne stroke under par
- bogeyOne over par
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