Bogey - A "Bogey" is when a golfer scores one stroke OVER par. Ex: 5 strokes on a par-4 hole. While a bogey is a bad result for a low handicap or professional golfer, new and less skilled golfers are often fine with only needing one more stroke than par to complete a hole.
What is a score of 5-under-par on a single golf hole called? That's an ostrich. And if you ever make one, you might just be the first golfer anywhere who's ever made one.
Condor is an unofficial name for a hole score of four strokes fewer than par (four under par, −4). A condor is also known as a double albatross, or a triple eagle. This is the lowest individual hole score ever made, relative to par.
An albatross is also very rare and tricky to achieve, but it has happened before by professional golfers. This term is used when players use three shots less than a hole's par score, either by finishing the hole on the second shot on a par-5 hole, or making a hole-in-one on a par-4.
Bogey. Bogey is a golf term used to describe any hole that's played one stroke over par. So, for instance, if you are playing a par-3 hole and need 4 strokes to hole the ball, you have made a bogey.
An “eagle” in golf means a score 2-under par on each hole.
"Turkey" is another term, a slang term, for the golf score better known as a quadruple bogey, or 4-over par. And quadruple bogeys are scores you want to avoid. Scoring a turkey means a golfer used this number of strokes on a hole: On a par-3 hole, a turkey is a score of 7.
An ace of a par 5 – typically one of the longest holes on any golf course – is known as a “condor.” Through 2021, there are only six known official condors in the world.
The longest hole in the world is the third hole of the Jeongeup Course at Gunsan Country Club. It is a par 7 and not surprisingly it has a stroke index of 1.
A score of 7-over par is a septuple bogey. A score of 8-over on a hole is an octuple bogey. 9-over par on a single hole is a nonuple bogey. 10-over on a hole is a decuple bogey.
A golf course is nothing but a collection of holes. To be precise, a golf course consists of 18 holes. Sometimes, such a golf course is also referred to as a 'full-sized' golf course. The size of a golf course is determined by the amount of distance you cover as you play all 18 holes.
What is an ostrich in golf? An ostrich is, according to golf lore, the score assigned to scoring five below par on a hole. On most traditional golf courses, this is not possible, as the lowest score possible on a par five is four under the assigned par.
- Birdie. : One stroke under par on a hole, the fourth best shot you can make. - Par.
Terms exist for even rarer events — "ostrich" for 5 under par (-5) and "phoenix" for 6 under par (-6) — but no one has ever made these shots. Some consider them impossible — they require a hole-in-one on a par-6 or par-7 hole — because these holes themselves are very rare.
Do par-6 holes exist on golf courses around the world? Yes, but they are not common. How long does a hole have to be to be called a par-6? Nearly 700 yards for men, nearly 600 yards for women — but there are other factors besides length that determine what the par rating of a golf hole is.
An Ace, otherwise known as “Hole-in-One”, is one of the scores in golf which is acquired with only a single stroke. Thus, it is a score of 1 in any hole – or that scenario when you drop the ball from tee to cup in a single shot.
But no one is ever going to birdie 18 holes. In the perfect game you reach the green in the fewest possible number of strokes and hole your first putt. If you can reach the green in two strokes, then the second shot should go in the cup. It will never be played.
The term 'snowman' in golf describes a score of eight on a single hole, widely considered one of the worst scores someone can have.
A golf course's finishing hole is straightforward: it's the last hole on the course. The hole where the golf course finishes. If Podunk National Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course, then the 18th hole is the finishing hole. If it is a 9-holer, then the ninth hole is the finishing hole.
Practice swing sandwich is a simple concept where you add a practice swing before and after each shot. Adding a practice swing at the end makes the ball hit in the middle less important. Since the task has more to do the brain will have to stay focused on the movement much later than it is used to.
Albatross. For hole completions three strokes under par is recognized in golf as Albatross. This is also known as “double eagle” in relation to the “birdie” and “eagle” theme. More on albatross in golf here.
And on a par-6 hole (which you might never encounter because they are not common), a score of 5 is called a birdie. Calling a score a par means that the golfer played the hole in the same number of strokes as the hole's par rating: 3 strokes on a par-3, 4 on a par-4, 5 on a par-5.
A scratch golfer is a golfer who shoots par or better on a regular basis. These golfers have a handicap of zero. They can usually shoot in the 70s or better.