Can anyone explain the golf scoring system? I'm obviously not a golfer, just curious.?

Answer 1

The first couple of answer are great

Answer 2

It's simple. The lower your score the better.
A game or "round" as it is called consists of 18 different "holes".
The holes have been assigned a "par", it can be a par 3 or a par 4 or a par 5.
If you score the same number as the par for example if your score is a 4 on a hole that is assigned a par 4, then you have done well. Par is a good score.
When you have played all 18 holes you add up how many shots you took and compare it to the par. For example if the total par for a 18 hole golf course is 71 and you have a score of 73 then you have scored 2 over par or +2.
If your watching a golf tournament on tv this consists of a combined 4 days of golf, each day the players play 18 holes.

Answer 3

there are 18 holes on a golf course. Each hole has a "par" or how many shots it should take you to put the ball in the hole. So for instance a Par 3, should take 3 shots to put the ball in the hole. So lets take 18 holes of golf, each hole is a par 4 just for example. 18 X 4 =72. Lets say I am just a great golfer and i do really good and it only takes me 71 strokes to finish those 18 holes. well then my score would be a -1, or 1 under "par". now if i did bad and shot 75 for example, I have now shot a 3 over "par". Hope this helps , these are all examples but should explain the golf scoring system.

Answer 4

OK, so there are 18 holes and each hole has a different PAR. PAR is the score standard based on the level of difficulty of the hole. For example a PAR 3 hole means a golfer needs to shoot the ball in the hole in three shots. If he does it in 4 shots he gets one point on his score card. If he does it in 2 shots he gets negative one. So the more negative points you get the better your score is it is because it took you less tries.

Answer 5

Each of the 18 holes has a PAR which means so many allowed strokes to get the ball in the cup, the PAR depends on the holes length and difficulty. Players attempt to complete each hole under the PAR to achieve a high score.

Answer 6

The decrease the extra desirable with a score of seventy two being par. maximum golfers score interior the ninety-one hundred variety. gamers that score eighty-ninety are seen to be fairly good and those below eighty are seen good. perfect specialists evaluate rankings sixty 5-70 as being good so the sixty two you ask approximately is great. it fairly is whether that's an 18 hollow score. There are no undesirable rankings in golfing via fact one would under no circumstances bypass judgement on yet another gamers means even regardless of the shown fact that my brother is a hacker.

Answer 7

Golf is a game in which you try to shoot the lowest score. Deeper than that, the score is based on par, which is the total par of all the holes combined, usually 70-73. Each individual hole's par is mainly based on length. Short holes, ones that you can get to in one shot, are given the par of 3, once on the green, you are given two puts. Holes to reach in two are par 4, holes to reach in 3, par 5. Some par 5's however, you can reach in two. It often takes a risky shot to get there in two though. When you see players with the +1, +5, E, -2, etc. next to there name, that describes their score up to that point. E is for even par, you match the par as a total. +1 is one over par, where -1 is one under par. The higher negative number, the better. Golf terminology: a Par= even on that hole, a birdie= one under on that hole, an eagle= two under on that hole, a double eagle= three under. a bogey = one over, a double bogey= two over, triple, quadruple, quintuple etc.

Answer 8

Basically, each hole has par, or the average number of trys it should take to get the ball from the tee to the hole. If a hole is par 3, for example, it should take three strokes to get the ball into the hole. If you hit even with the par, then it is called par. If you're one under, it is called a "birdie", two under is an "eagle".

When you add the par for each hole of the course, you get the course par. Ideally, you want your par (or number of tries) to be under the course par.

See source for details.

Hope this helps!

Answer 9

1 Point per stroke, two for a drop or a hazzard. Par is how many strokes it should take to make it in the hole. So you add what is over or under par. The lower the better!

Answer 10

each hole has a preset limit to how many shots you can take (ie, par 3)

Score in 2 shots -- called a BIRDIE for making under by one shot ( -1 )

Score in 3 shots -- called PAR for hitting in correct amount of shots

Score in 4 shots -- called a BOGEY for making in one shot over

Score in 5 shots -- called a DOUBLE BOGEY for two shots over (so on and so forth)

The goal is to get the LOWEST score possible.