Golf Lingo

Here are a few of the "slang" terms used:

The term "par" stands for how many shots you are supposed to make on the hole. There are usually only par 3's, 4's, and 5's on a golf course. The term birdie stands for when a player shoots one less than par on the hole. So when a player makes a birdie, they are referred to being one under par. A bogey is when a player make one worse than the par set for that given hole. For example if you are playing a par 4, and the player makes a 5, then he has bogied the hole. A double bogey is two worse than the par and so on. Now an eagle, which only happens very few times is two under the par. Eagles are very rare in golf. This is how you score the game of golf, but there are much more golf terms that go along with the game. If you are interested and finding out more golf lingo go to this website