Golfers use some special words to indicate their performances. If your score is one stroke less than par, then you “birdied” the hole. Two under par is “eagle” and three under par is “double eagle”. Anything less than that, then you are a godsend to the PGA tour. If, however you take more shots than the number fixed for a hole, then the terms used are different. One shot over par is “bogey” and two over par is “double bogey”.
In Golf, handicaps are often calculated for golfers to estimate how well they are playing. An 18-hole golf course has a par of 72. An average of a golfer’s scores over a time period is used to determine how much above or below par he has been performing. The difference between the fixed par and the player’s scoring pattern is his handicap. The number of games or the time period over which the average is calculated varies from club to club. In tournaments, higher handicap golfers are given some advantages to equalize their opportunity to win the game. Scratch golfers are the best ones and are given no handicap. A 2-handicap golfer should average two shots more per 18-hole round than a scratch opponent golfer.
Typically, the scorecard at every golf course has the following elements:
- The distance and the design of the hole.
- The par for every hole.
- A gender based par for the course.
- The handicap ranking for each hole.