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.”