I have often wondered about this, but never took the time to ask anyone. Well, now I'm asking.
2006-07-20 10:34:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Golf
They are used in match play. The first number is how many holes the person is winning by followed by the number of holes left to play
2006-07-20 11:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Match play in golf is determined by who wins the greatest number of holes. Thus, after player A wins the 1st hole, he is said to be "1 up". When he wins the 2nd, he is "2 up".
If a player is up by more holes than his opponent can make up, he is the winner. Thus someone who is 3 up after 16 holes (with two holes to go) is 3 and 2.
2006-07-20 17:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by Paul P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 and 2 would be 3 holes up with 2 holes left to play. In that case, the last 2 holes would not be played as they would be academic.
2 up would be leading by 2 holes with all 18 played.
2006-07-20 17:38:01 · answer #3 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When someone wins at match play with 3 and 2, means he is up three holes with only two holes to play. So there is no way his oppent can win. So they don't play the last two holes.
2006-07-20 17:38:28 · answer #4 · answered by Miller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In every form of play, the goal is to play as few shots per round as possible. Scores for each hole can be described as follows:
Term on a
scoreboardSpecific termDefinition
-4triple-eagle (condor)four strokes under par
-3double-eagle (albatross)three strokes under par
-2eagletwo strokes under par
-1birdieone stroke under par
0par or evenstrokes equal to par
+1bogeyone stroke more than par
+2double bogeytwo strokes over par
+3triple bogeythree strokes over par
2006-07-20 18:03:47 · answer #5 · answered by Max P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋