Why is it called a birdie in golf?
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In American slang of the 19th Century, the term "bird" was applied to anything particularly great. "Bird" was the "cool" of the 1800s in the U.S.\n\nSo on the golf course, a great shot - one that led to an under-par score - came to be known as a "bird," which was then transformed into "birdie." The term birdie was in worldwide use by the 1910s, and it's believed it debuted in the U.S. in 1899.
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Ask and you shall recieve.. you asked "how" the term bogey came into the game --not what a bogey is correct? \n\nhttp://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_wordbogey.htm
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According to the USGA museum:\n\nIn American slang of the 19th Century, the term "bird" was applied to anything particularly great. "Bird" was the "cool" of the 1800s in the U.S.\n\nSo on the golf course, a great shot - one that led to an under-par score - came to be known as a "bird," which was then transformed into "birdie." The term birdie was in worldwide use by the 1910s, and it's believed it debuted in the U.S. in 1899.\n\nAn "eagle" simply followed "birdie," being added to the lexicon in keeping with the avian image of birdie. And "albatross" later came along for the same reason.
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No its "unique" to the Us open, due to the fact its run by the USGA rather than the PGA, plus if you saw, its only a par 70 not a par 72 as most other courses are yet it was exactly the same length as a par 72, just set up to be 2 strokes shorter, hence the fact all the scores were in "over" par!!!
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It has been said that there are 18 holes because in the early days of golf the gents would take a shot of wiskey or scotch at each hole and there are 18 shots in a bottle.\n\nThis of course isnt true but sounds good.\n\nIn reality the first golf courses had less then 18 holes , then St Andrews in Scotland was laid out on a parcel of land near a beach and had 11 holes, they would play the 11 holes out and then turn back and play them again right back to the clubhouse thus playing a total of 22 holes as a round.\nAt some point later it was determined that several holes were simply to short so 2 holes were eliminated leaving 9 holes out and the same 9 back in thus comprising of an 18 hole round which then became standard.\n\nGood question\n\nLeon
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i thought it was called a shuttlecock\n\nnvm thats the raquet
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There is a theory that links the modern word GOLF to the Scottish verb of GOULF (also gowf), which means "to strike or cuff." This theory would at least place the origin of the word with the people who invented the game. As for "striking or cuffing," an integral part of the game is, after all, hitting the ball.
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because they haven't tried it?? golf isn't really an everyday type of sport that is easily mastered..(let alone one that u grow up with)...it's also because it's what i call a "quite" sport, for many the definition of sport includes beer, loud chearing and chearleaders...
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Golf is a game you can never be good enough at.  There's always a better way to drive, putt, chip, etc.  It's a very challenging sport that anyone with enough body parts can play but very few really get good at it.  It's also addictive.  I live in a Florida community where everyone has a golf cart garage and these old people hit the courses as soon as it gets light out every day and they're dead serious about it, then the rest of the day they talk about golf and watch the Golf channel and look for better clubs to buy.  It's really kind of funny.
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In general badminton is easier because the cock, or birdie can float over the net, and gives the player a longer reaction time.\n\nYet, the court is smaller, and so when the birdie is moving fast, it moves very fast.  Tere is also a lot more running in tennis than in badminton.\n\nJeffrey
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because we call bird...bird
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"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words. \n\nThe British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to "fore" in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from "forecaddie."\n\nA forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint the locations of the groups' shots. If a member of the group hit an errant shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling out the term. \n\nIt was eventually shorted to just "fore."\nA popular theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and 18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain), infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind, over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell "beware before," alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells screaming overhead.\n\nSo when golfers misfired and send their missiles - golf balls - screaming off target, "beware before" became shortened to "fore."\n\nThis is another term, however, whose exact origin can't be stated. It does originate, however, in the fact that "fore" means "ahead" and, used by a golfer, is a warning to those ahead.
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Handicapping is a system that allows golfers of different abilities compete against one another.  Although there are a number of variable factors (i.e. course difficulty), your handicap is roughly proximate to the number of strokes over par you would shoot over 18 holes.\n\nFor instance, someone who averages 82 (on a par 72 course) would have a handicap of ten.  One who averages 72 would have a zero handicap (also known as a "scratch" golfer).  If one player has a ten handicap and another has a twenty handicap, the ten handicap gives the 20 handicap ten strokes (to account for their differences in their respective handicaps).\n\nIn match player, holes are ranked 1 -18 according to their difficulty.  If a 15 handicapper plays a 20 handicapper, the 15 gives the 20 one stroke on the five most difficult holes.  If the difference in handicap is greater than 18, the stronger player must concede two strokes.  For example, if a 6 hancicapper plays a 26 handicapper, the 6 concedes two strokes on the two most difficult holes, and one stroke on the remaining 16.\n\nNote that the handicap system is only used by amateurs and never by professionals as pros are assumed to have a zero/scratch handicap.
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Every course has a set number of "par."\n\nPar is when you hit the ball a certain number of times. Let's say the par is 3. That means, according to the course, you should be able to sink your ball in 3 shots.
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The offset clubs are to help keep you hands in front of the ball.  You don't have to remember to do it.  The design also makes it harder to hit the ball to the right.  Some people find off set woods harder to get in the air and tend to hook them.  You need to hit offset and standard clubs to find out what you like the best
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Yeah, that's part of the design of the irons, supposed to make them more forgiving. See here for info:\n\nhttp://www.golfdigest.com/hotlist
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That has to do with GOLF.  When you swing and the ball goes right in.