Whichever of the four goes the longest without making a double bogey or higher wins the Bogey or Bust side pot. A bogey is where a player takes one more shot than the par of the hole. So if a player is playing a par-3 and they make a four, or they are playing a par-4 and make five, it is a bogey. As per greensomes, but after both players have driven, your opponents choose which ball you should play. Shambles

The difficulty of golf courses is determined by a golf course rating team whose purpose is to determine the effective playing length of the course using measurements collected on each hole. The most common mix is four Par 3’s (12 strokes), ten Par 4’s (40 strokes) and four Par 5’s (20 strokes) equaling 72 total strokes for par. What Is the Biggest Difference Between Par 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s?Ever wanted to play a shot again? Give each person a mulligan and you disregard a bad shot and play it again. Named after a member at Winged Foot who always hit a second ball off the first tee and counted it as his first. No Alibis The Committee may, in such a condition, modify the penalty for a breach of this Rule as follows: First offense – Deduction of one point from the total points scored for the round; If you are a casual or avid golfer, the term bogey is not new to you. However, new and beginner golfers should not fear the word bogey. The two-time champions have shot only eight goals from gains – the second fewest in the competition. Their opponents on Sunday the Adelaide Thunderbirds lead SSN with 26 goals from gains. Note 1: The competitor’s score is adjusted by deducting a hole or holes under the applicable Rule when a penalty other than disqualification is incurred under any of the following:

Triple eagle (4-under par on a hole) – 6 points; double eagle – 5 points; eagle – 4 points; birdie – 3 points; par – 2 points; bogey – 1 point; double bogey or worse – 0 points. Albatross is the term for three under par and is a continuation of the birdie and eagle theme, but is in fact a British term. Ab Smith said his group used the phrase 'double eagle' for three under ( see Birdie above), which is still the term most Americans and the name for their Double Eagle Club (membership by invitation only). Broadly, the term par means the number of strokes for any given hole, or for a collection of holes (9 or 18) it should take a golfer to get the ball into the hole from start to finish. Each individual golf hole is a Par 3, Par 4, or Par 5. Indeed, you can play it that way, but the OP stated 'for handicap purpose' which requires holing out. In handicap bogey, par and Stableford competitions, the competitor with the lowest net score at a hole takes the honor at the next teeing ground.I should probably have used 'equivalence/equivalent'. Handicap is a Stableford metric, so my '1 point equivalent' is of benefit to my handicap score, but still means a loss in the comp.

As Homer posts (and I did earlie and will repeat herer) Congu encouraged/required Bogey comps to be made qualifying so the 3/4 (= non-qualifying) and 'no need to hole out' custom was changed/dropped. Like so many things in golf (and elsewhere) mis-understandings result when not everyone is aware of changed procedures. The simple answer is the more you practice the better your golf game will become. However, bad or unconstructive practice can do more harm than good. Here are several ways bogey and recreational golfers can lower their scores: The handicap system in golf is designed to create equity between two players of differing skill levels by assigning them a number based on a mathematical formula composed of the golfer’s most recent scores. Also known as Bingo, Bango, Bongo. A great format when the company is of mixed ability because final scores don't count. Instead points are awarded for firsts: first player to reach the green, player closest to the hole, first player to putt out - and any others you'd like to include. Great fun and a brilliant way of including everyone in the day. It takes a day or two for the English onlooker to understand that ... a 'birdie' is a hole done in a stroke under par."Although the first noted use of the word "par" in golf was in Britain and predates the bogey, today's rating system does not and the par standard was not further developed until later. It was the Ladies Golf Association, who, from 1893, began to develop a national handicapping system for women. It was largely in place by the end of the Century. The Men's association, founded in 1894, followed suit a few year's later.