In golf, what is a birdie?
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Par- the amount of shots expected to put ball in cup (score 0)\nBirdie - putting ball in cup in one shot less than par (score -1)\nEagle- putting ball in cup in two shots less than par (score -2)\nBogey- putting the ball in the cup one shot over par\nDouble bogey- ball in cup two over par\nDrive- First shot of the whole taken from the tee\nFairway- short grass in the middle of the field of play\nRough-Longer grass around the fairway\n\nThe lower the score the better.
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The best advice I can give to anyoen trying to play the game is try your hardest to not get frustrated over the little things and be patient.  Golf is a game that is played on a fraction of millimeters.  One millimeter the wrong way and your ball will be yards away from where you wanted to hit it.
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One shot less than par for the hole.  2 shots less woulld be an eagle.  One shot over par would be a bogey.
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First thing in the morning. You set the pace and everyone behind you has to wait for you to finish each hole. Just make sure you're good enough golfers to go first. Enjoy!
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What is a hole-in-one on a par-5 called? "Condor" is sometimes recognized as the "proper" term, but triple-eagle and double-albatross are also correct.
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Putts of course. If you're an average golfer, you may use your driver fourteen times max in a round. Probably 14 approaches, with four tee shorts from par three. May be max five fairway woods. Miss the green, say all of them, 18 chip shots. But, putts, unless you have several hole in one or many chips in, minimum is 18 putts, which is the best ever for anyone. Average of less than 30 putts is very good since it is less than two putts a hole. Usually, for average golfers then 36 putts still is a very good round. So, you hit your putter more than any other shots. The most important shots therefore are putts. Drive is for show, putt is for dole.
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That has to do with GOLF.  When you swing and the ball goes right in.
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The USGA references the term as long ago as the 1700's and the British Golf Museum has referenced it as far back as 1881, no direct definition but there are basically two explanations that make the most sense.\n\n1.) Think of the word “fore” like a ship’s fore and aft (forward and back), so instead of yelling “watch out ahead, or “ball heading forward”, for short you can just yell “fore”. \n\n2.) Or think of “fore” like “before”, as you might say “watch out before you get hit by my golf ball that I hit so badly that it might hit you even if you are 2 fairways over.”\n\nThe word fore is also short for yelling to your forecaddie to let them know the ball is headed their way.
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I love golf! Practice at the driving range using your wedge, 9, 8 irons.  Chipping and putting are the key to the game.\n\nOption for playing with better golfers.  Go ahead and tee off.  If it's a good shot play it.  If not play your second shot from your cart partner's lie...explaining you are new to the game and don't want to hold up the foursome.  Don't keep score at first, it will only make you mad...really.\n\nRELAX is the ultimate key to golf.  It is a GAME to be PLAYED and should be fun not work.\n\nif you're ever in myrtle beac, I'll play golf with you!!
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The long straight drive. \n\nWhy?  I'm not a pro.  I play for fun and in the occasional scramble.  \nHow do you feel walking 20 yards to whack your second shot after worm-burning your drive up to (but not past) the ladies tee?  Or how about yelling "Nooooo!" as you watch a high slice fly off into the distance O.B. and another lost ball.   Compare that to missing a 2 foot putt?  Sure, "drive for show and putt for dough" but I sure feel a lot better driving for show.  Which shot do you remember the most as you drive home... the 280 yard tee shot smoked right down the middle on the par 5 or the 20 foot luck-@ss putt?\n\nLastly, If people know you smack a consistent long-ball, you'll see plenty of best ball scramble invitations.
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In common with others, the Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms (1993) believes that "Birdie" comes from the 19th century American slang term "bird", meaning anything excellent.\n"Eagle" is the extension of the theme of birds for good scores from a "Birdie". A score of two under Par is, in some ways, a 'big birdie' and an Eagle is a big bird.\nThree under Par is a very rare score and an Albatross is a very rare bird, and now three under Par is generally referred to an "Albatross".
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A volleyball. Or tennis ball. Or birdie. Or ping pong ball.
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In golf you are given (at each hole) a certain number of shots that you should need to get your ball from the tee to the hole. If you manage it in exactly that number of shots, it's a par....so say you were at the first tee and it said you had to take 5 shots to get the ball in the hole, so you hit the ball 5 times & got it in the hole...then you've got a par. But if you only take 4 shots to get it in the hole, then it's birdie because you're one under the par. And an eagle is 2 under the par...so you'd do it in 3.\nI hope that sort of makes sense...I'm rubbish at explaining things!!!
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Yea, by pure luck! I'm not a golfer and couldn't tell you what club. I do use the Happy Gilmore swing. People laugh at me but that's how I got my hole in one! Good luck!
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The scoring system for golf is actually very simple.\n\nEach hole on every course is given a "par" score..in other words the number of shots it should take you to get your ball from the tee to the hole. The par for a hole depends on its length and difficulty. \n\nA "bogie" is  the par score for a hole plus one..so if you take 5 shots on a par 4 hole, thats a bogie..and thats not good!\n\nA "birdie" is the par score for a hole minus one..so if you only take 3 shots on a par 4 hole, that's a birdie...and that's good!\n\nThe winner is the golfer who take the fewest shots to go round all 18 holes on a course.\n\nThe best way to learn is to play,  or just watch the big tournaments on the TV. You will soon pick it up.
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Indeed ..... a putter is a putter.  The key is hitting it where you aim and controlling the distance by knowing how quickly the ball jumps off the face of whatever particular putter you may have.
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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