Lesser-Known Golf Scores
Most of us have heard of birdies and bogeys. But do you know these insider terms that professionals use for other golf scores?
| -2 | Eagle |
| -1 | Birdie |
| even | Par |
| +1 | Bogey |
| +2 | Double Bogey |
| +3 | Turkey |
| +4 | Condor |
| +5 | Endangered condor |
| +6 | Dodo |
| +7 | Passenger pigeon |
| +8 | Herve Villechaize* |
| +9 | Jeroboam |
| +10 | Nebuchadnezzar |
| +11 | Manatee |
| +12 | Leviathan |
| +13 | Kraken |
| +14 | Zeppelin |
| +15 | Caruso |
| +16 | Pavarotti |
| +17 | Brunnhilde |
| +18 | Super Ostrich |
| +19 | Nondippledupple bogey |
* Miniature golf only. Otherwise, “Octuple bogey.”
