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The Stroke Index is a number that has been assigned to each hole on a golf course, and usually printed on the scorecard, to indicate on which holes handicap strokes should be applied. On an 18-hole course, each hole is assigned a different number from 1 to 18 (1 to 9 on a 9-hole course).
WA Golf administers the state amateur championships and USGA Qualifiers. WA Golf had over 96,000 members at more than 550 member clubs in 2024. Each member of WA Golf is given an official USGA Handicap Index through the USGA GHIN System. [1] In September of 2019, the Washington State Golf Association was re-branded as Washington Golf (WA Golf). [2]
A sign at The River Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin, indicating that the seventh hole being played is a par-four. In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap) [1] golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round).
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Par, or bogey, is a scoring system used mostly in amateur and club golf.It is a stroke play format played against the course, with match play scoring based on the number of strokes taken on each hole compared to a fixed score, [1] usually the par or bogey; in this context, bogey is meant in the traditional sense as the score a good player would expect on the hole, usually par but occasionally ...
Nelly Korda entered Day 3 of golf at the 2024 Paris Olympics with some work to be done.. She did just that, giving herself a chance to not only defend her gold medal crown but also play for a ...
Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) was a component of some golf handicapping systems that were in use prior to the implementation of the World Handicap System in 2020. It was used to adjust recorded scores in order to more accurately calculate a player's handicap. Its purpose was to avoid one or more very high scores on individual holes inflating ...
Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. [1] In a regular stroke play competition, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the course of the round, or rounds.