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Understanding the Par System in Golf By Stacy Cary

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Page 1: Understanding the Par System in Golf

Understanding the Par System in Golf

By Stacy Cary

Page 2: Understanding the Par System in Golf

Introduction

Stacy Cary owned her own business, GeOasis, in Texas for 13 years. She has held additional positions with organizations like Patland Oil Co., and Grayson Equities, Inc. Stacy Cary stays physically active by practicing yoga and playing golf.

The basic goal during a round of golf is to take as few strokes as possible over the course of 18 holes. However, players do not simply add up the total number of strokes they have recorded, but instead maintain their score using golf’s par system.

Page 3: Understanding the Par System in Golf

Par System in Golf

Under the par scoring system, a skilled golfer playing a hole that has been labeled a par three, for example, is expected to place the ball in the hole in three strokes. Any additional strokes over three will be marked on the score card as +1 or +2 over par, while making the hole in less than three strokes would result in a -1 or -2 under par. At the conclusion of 18 holes players add up their stroke differentials to obtain a final score. If an individual completes each hole exactly on par, he or she would finish with a score of zero.