can you explain golf's scoring system?
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every time you hit the ball, you add a stroke.  if you go out of bounds or in the water, you add 2 strokes.  if the par for a hole (the amount of strokes you should be able to get the ball in the cup) is 5, and you hit 4 strokes, you get a -1 for the hole.  if you hit it in in 5 strokes you get par.  1 over par is a bogey.  (6 strokes on a par 5)  2 strokes over par is a double bogey.  if you get one under par, its a birdie.  2 under par is a eagle.
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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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All golfers are not created equal. But with the USGA Handicap System, all golfers can compete equally.\n\nThe handicap system is a method of leveling the playing field. If a golfer who shoots in the low 70s plays a golfer who shoots in the high 90s, we all know who's going to win. But by using handicaps, those players can play each other as if they are equal in ability.
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O.K., HERE WE GO... TAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR SCORE AND PAR, TIMES 113 DEVIDE BY THE SLOPE RATING OF THE COURSE, YOU NOW HAVE YOUR HANDICAP RATING... ALL COURSES HAVE A CHART THAT SHOWS WHAT YOUR RATING WORKS OUT TO FOR THEIR COURSE... MAXIUM HANDICAP IS 36... HAVE FUN, GOLF IS GREAT...
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Try the Yahoo on line golf score tracker
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Try here, it has a scorecard link:\n\nhttp://www.golfcourse.com/search/scorecard/scorecard.cfm?courseid=11722&source=GA
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Look closely at a scorecard, you'll see a number like 70.7, something with a decimal that is somewhere in the neighborhood of the "par" score.  That is called the course rating.\nThere is another number, usually between 110 and 140.  That is called the slope.\n\nTo compute a handicap index you first need to compute a handicap differential (HD) for each of your golf scores.\nThe formula for a HD is\n\n    (Score - rating) * (113/slope)\n\nSo if you scored 90 on a course with a rating of 71.5 and a slope of 125, the HD for that round is\n\n(90 - 71.5) * (113/125) = 16.72\n\nTo compute a handicap index you need your most recent 20 scores. Compute the HD for all 20 scores. Take only the 10 LOWEST HD and average them.  Then multiply the average by 0.96  that is your handicap index.\n\n\nYou can visit GHIN.com for more info.
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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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Tennis scoring history\n\n"A game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving, and is won by the first player to have won at least four points and at least two points more than their opponent. The half of the court used for service alternates between sides, beginning with the right-hand half, known as the deuce court, and continuing with the left-hand side, known as the ad court.\n\nAs simple as this scoring appears, the running score of each game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" (or "zero"), "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty", respectively. The origin of this scoring comes from the (quarterly) stations of the clock, where "forty" was, presumably, easier to say than "forty-five." When stating the score, the server's score is stated first. If the server announces the score as "thirty-love," for example, it means that the server has won two points and the receiver none.\n\nIf each player has won three points, the score is described as "deuce" rather than "forty-all". From this point on, whenever the score is tied, it is described as "deuce" regardless of how many points have been played. The player who wins the next point after deuce is said to have the advantage. If the player with advantage loses the next point, the score is again deuce, since the score is tied. If the player with the advantage wins the next point, that player has won the game, since the player now leads by two points. When the server is the player with the advantage, the score is stated by him before the next point as "advantage in." When the server's opponent has the advantage, the server states the score as "advantage out." These phrases are sometimes shortened to "ad in" and "ad out."\n\nNote that a score of "thirty-all" is functionally equivalent to "deuce", and "forty-thirty" is equivalent to "advantage". These equivalences are not used in a professional match where the umpire states the score. A score of "thirty-all" means that the players have won exactly two points each, while a score of "deuce" means that the players have won at least three points each."
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Through the golf club that you play you can establish a handicap through  what is known as the GHIN system.  It is a computerized system that uses your last 20 golf scores to create a handicap and a handicap index for you.  (it uses the best ten scores of the 20).  Your handicap is the number that will be used on your home course.  If your handicap index is a number such as 10.7, you will take that to another course and applied to a chart that has been calibrated based on the ratings of THAT particular golf course.  All golf courses are not the same difficulty and they have all been rated by the local golf associations. (sanctioned by the United States golf Association)  For example your local 9 hole minicipal golf course will have an easier rating than the West course at Winged Foot.  Winged Foot being a much more difficult golf course (as shown by how tough it was for the pros two weeks ago at the US Open) \n\nUpon entering enough scores into the handicap computer a golfer is given two numbers.  Their handicap which is the number used for their home club and the index which is taken and applied to the Index Chart at a visiting club to find out what their handicap is at THAT club.  If you have a 10.7 rating at your home club your handicap at your home club may be a 10 but at Winged Foot it may be a 13 because it is a more difficult course but at the local muni you may be a 9 or a 10.
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Go to http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system.php \n\nIt will explain the point system.
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I'm not exactly sure what situation you're referring to, but you can review the rules of golf here:\n\nhttp://www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules.html
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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 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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I don't think there's anyone reference for this, at least not an authoritative one, although you might look at "True Odds" by Walsh.\n\nIf you wanted to know the probability of particular events happening, I think it'd be easier to look them up on-line individually.  For instance:\n\nhttp://golf.about.com/od/faqs/f/holeinoneodds.htm
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"NFG research shows that only 22% of all golfers regularly\n\nscore better than 90 for 18 holes on a regulation length course. For\n\nfemales, the percentage drops to 7%, and for males it goes up to 25%.\n\nThe average 18-hole score on a full-size course is 97 for men and 114 for\n\nwomen. It's an even 100 for all golfers. Only 6% of the men and 1% of the\n\nwomen say they break 80 regularly."
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If you get three up on an opponent, you win.  If you win the first three holes, you are then three up and you win.  In your other game, it took you nine holes before you went three up and won.