What is th e meaning of "wire-to-wire" win in Golf games?
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This means that you have the lowest score of all participants at the conclusion of each round.  Usually there are four rounds in most tournaments, so this means that you must shoot the lowest (best) score in round 1 (usually Thursday), then also have the best cumulative score at the end of rounds 2, 3, and 4.
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Match Play - Every time you win a hole you get 1 tie 0 lose -1  Now if you are 3 holes a head with 2 holes left to play you win. 3 up 2 to go
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There is usually a large scoreboard by the 18th Green and to be honest, many of them are still mechanically operated. This means that someone will put a card with the player's score manually into a slot, one number for each hole. If a player is under par the number will be in red, if not it will be in black. Note, the scores that are put up are aggregate scores for the entire tournament and not the score they get for that particular hole.
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Stated in Tennis Terminology from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia online:\n\nWalkover – an unopposed victory. A walkover may be awarded as a bye, or more commonly because the opponent defaulted by being disqualified or failing to attend the match—including after withdrawling due to injury.
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*Playing the game to win -> you are playing the game regardless of loosing the game or winning it, to win something else just because you played the game.\n\n* Playing to win the game -> you are playing the game to win it.
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No bet!\n\nENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA!\n\nI now have one of your questions figured out, that I was originally wrong about, before the voting started. LOL\n\nYou asked:\n\nWhat happens in 8 ball (world standard rules)?\nYour opponent shoots at and successfully sinks one of YOUR stripes, then shoots another stripe and misses the pocket. \n\nWhat do you do? \n\nI say:\nYou shoot solids now, since he has now taken over stripes, because you failed to claim a foul when your opponent pocketed your stripe and then also shot a stripe.\n\nYeah, I know! too late.  LOLOLOLOL
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It is the official means of comparing how good your golf game is against other players using a uniform standard called "par".  Your score over several rounds is tabulated and compared to the standard.  For each and every stroke you incur above the standard, your handicap goes up one.  For instance, if on a par 72 golf course, your average  score is 81 you would have a  handicap of 9.  This allows you to compete with players of different abilities on a more even basis.  If the 9 handicap player was playing a 5 handicap player, and the final scores over 18 holes was 80 vs. 77.  The player with the score of 80 would have beaten the player with the score of 77.  Even though the 80 was the higher score, that player gets a 4 stroke "handicap", in theory making the two players with different abilities, equal golfers.
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What does this have to do with Golf?
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They're not saying "four!" they're saying "fore!"\n\nNo certain origin for the golf word “Fore!” has ever been agreed. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary records its first use in 1878 as a warning cry to people in front of a golf stroke and, like most people, believes it is an abbreviation of the word ‘before’. There is an earlier reference in 1857 in a glossary of golfing terms. Its origin appears to be bound up with that of the word Caddie.\n\n\nCurrently there are three serious explanations for the origins of term FORE!\n\n \n\nBecause golf balls were expensive, golfers employed ‘Forecaddies’ to stand where the ball might land and reduce the number of lost balls, as is done in tournaments today.  In 1875, Robert Clark mentions that Andrew Dickson performing this role for the Duke of York in 1681 and describes it as “what is now commonly called a fore-caddie”.  It is probable that golfers called to their “Forecaddie!”, who would always be some distance ahead to draw attention to the fact the ball was coming and, in time, this was shortened to “Fore!” The almost contemporaneous appearance of the terms caddie, fore-caddie and fore! supports this theory over the others. \n\nA second explanation derives from the military battle craft of musket days, when rank after rank would fire fusillades, some over the heads of those in front. It was speculated that the term Fore! might have been used to warn those in front to keep their heads down. Modern historians pour cold water on this theory, partly because it is difficult to relate it to a Scottish golf connection and partly because the relevant military terms used do not appear to be connected. However, this theory may in fact be a misunderstanding of the theory below. \n\nThere is a third explanation, which appears utterly implausible, but which is an outside possibility. It derives from a story told by John Knox (1505?-1572) the ‘hellfire’ protestant reformer. He tells the tale, as only ‘hellfire’ preachers can, of someone arriving at the East Port (east gate) of Leith. This story was noticed by Dr Neilson and subsequently reported by Robert Browning in his book 'History of Golf’ (1955) thus: \n  \n\n‘One among many comes to the East Port of Leith, where lay two great pieces of ordnance, and where their enemies were known to be, and cried to his fellows that were at the gate making defence: "Ware Before!" and so fires one great piece, and thereafter the other.' \n\n\n \n\nSo “Fore!” could be derived from an artillery term warning gunners to stand clear. This last explanation means, firstly, that the term “Ware Before!” (“Beware Before!”) was foreshortened to “Fore!” (rather than “Ware!”) and, secondly, it must have been sufficiently well known to be used by golfers.
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The two answers above are totally wrong.\n\nPlaying through is a touchy thing. First off there has to be extenuating circumstances to warrant playing through. \n\n1) You MUST be playing faster and better than the people you're playing through\n\n2) There MUST not be anyone in front of the group you're trying to play through, otherwise, what's the point? It's like passing someone on the right in rush hour traffic....you're no further ahead than when you passed.\n\n3) Hopefully you're a twosome or onesome playing through a group with more numbers than you, if not PLAY FAST.\n\nOnce these conditions are met, hopefully the group in front of you will wave you onto a green and suggest that you play through. \n\nOtherwise you can try to play fast enough to meet the group on the next tee and then politely ask, "mind if we play through?" Then it will be up to that group to let you play through or not. \n\nIf they do allow you to play through PLAY QUICKLY, don't be checkin the wind and asking for yardages to carry bunkers, just step up and slap it, and then play the hole out quickly.\n\nThere's nothing worse than a group that plays through and then holds you up....\n\nHope this helps, I'm sure there are articles on the net....perhaps under golf etiquette?
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Game, set. match!  Congrats on your likely win!
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There are more than five.  Standard score on a hole is par, which means you have finished the hole in the alotted amount of strokes.  If you shoot one over par, then it is a bogey, two over is a double bogey.  If you finish the hole one under par, it is a birdie.  Two under par is an eagle.  Three under par (which is more rare than hole in ones) is called and albatross.
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Go here\n\nhttp://golf.sports.yahoo.com/tracker\n\nenter your scores....it calculates it for you.
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Achievements \nComplete each of the following achievements below to get the allotted gamerscore. \nUnlockable  How to Unlock  \nCreate a male golfer (5)  Create a Male Gameface character.  \nCreate a female golfer (5)  Create a Female Gameface character.  \nWin a game of Seven (10)  Win a game of Seven.  \nWin a game of 21 (10)  Win a game of 21.  \nWin a game of T-I-G-E-R (10)  Win a game of T-I-G-E-R.  \nPlay a Tiger Challenge Event (15)  Play a Tiger Challenge Event.  \nPlay a Training Challenge (15)  Play a Training Challenge.  \nWin a game of One Ball (10)  Win a game of One Ball.  \nWin a game of Greensome (10)  Win a game of Greensome.  \nWin a game of Bloodsome (10)  Win a game of Bloodsome.  \nGetting the Hang of it (15)  Win 5 online matches.  \nHigh Roller (15)  Make 25 online wagers.  \nPlay a PGA TOUR Season Event (20)  Play a PGA TOUR Season Event.  \nToo Easy? (20)  Beat Par in an 18 hole round on TOUR difficulty.  \nPlay in 5 online Tournaments (20)  Play in 5 online Tournaments.  \nBeat Mike Weir (30)  Defeat Mike Weir in the Tiger Challenge.  \nBeat Luke Donald (30)  Defeat Luke Donald in the Tiger Challenge.  \nBeat Colin Montgomerie (30)  Defeat Colin Montgomerie in the Tiger Challenge.  \nBeat Chris DiMarco (30)  Defeat Chris DiMarco in the Tiger Challenge.  \nWin the Southern Major (75)  Win the Southern Major.  \nWin the US Major (75)  Win the US Major Championship.  \nWin the UK Major (75)  Win the UK Major Championship.  \nWin the PGA TOUR Major (75)  Win the PGA TOUR Major Championship.  \nCollect the whole set! (75)  Win every Trophy Ball.  \nRace for the cup (80)  Win the Fed Ex Cup.  \nBeat Tiger (85)  Defeat Tiger Woods in the Tiger Challenge.  \nFinish Everything (150)  Get 100% Game Completion.
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Rule 16 \n\nRequirements for Hole Location on the Putting Green \n\nQ.  What are the requirements for establishing a hole location on the putting green? \n\nA.  The USGA frequently receives requests for guidelines with respect to selection of hole locations on the putting greens, particularly during competitions. There are no rules regarding hole locations, so there is no such thing as an "illegal" hole location. The USGA believes that many factors affect selection of hole locations. The first and most important is good judgment in deciding what will give fair results. Do not be tricky in locating holes. Following are specific points:  \n\n\n\n\nThere must be enough putting green surface between the hole and the front and the sides of the green to accommodate the required shot. For example, if the hole requires a long iron or wood shot to the green, the hole should be located deeper in the green and further from its sides than should be the case if the hole requires a short pitch shot. In any case, it is recommended that generally the hole be located at least four paces from any edge of the green. If a bunker is close to the edge, or if the ground slopes away from the edge, the distance should be greater, especially if the shot is more than a pitch. Consideration should be given to fair opportunity for recovery after a reasonably good shot that just misses the green.
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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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It's golf! Links courses generally are open courses with no tall trees and small bushes and tall rough galore. I've played my fair share of links courses.