Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Learning How to Golf Score

By Antony J Parkins


A variety of sports and games use diverse ways of scoring. In golf, keeping a score is just simple. You just have to take down the number of strokes made by a player on a specific hole. But sometimes golf scorecard are puzzling specially when you have not dealt with such. Golf can be played in either stroke or match play. In stroke play, every stroke made by the player is counted and recorded while score there is no score written down in a match play.

You can play golf in two ways. Either by stroke play or match play. in stroke play, the strokes made by the player are counted and recorded while match play does not write down score. To have a good score, you must learn the basic of the game as well as the scorecard.

Next step is knowing the par or the ideal number of shots a player should get to complete a hole that was established by the course. To avoid mistakes, you should be familiarized with the scorecard. Jot down the notes a player takes during a hole. put markings to each shot to determine shots taken on a certain hole. This will eliminate arguments with other golfers. Penalties such as hitting the ball into water or losing the ball should be noted. If any of these was done, it will cost a player an additional strike.

This will cost the golfer an additional stroke. Losing the ball and drop shots are examples of penalties. Get the total score and record it on the assigned box for each holes. Usually a round of golf is composed of front line and back nine. Getting the final score means adding the front and back nines. The basis of a well played game will depend on the par. So to have a better played game, you should lower your expected par than the course par.

An additional stroke will cost a player if any of these happens. Add the total and record it on the allotted box for each hole. Always keep score for the various parts of the round. Usually, a round of golf is broken up into two, the front nine (first nine holes) and the back nine (final nine holes). Total all the strokes for each half. To get the final score, the front and back nines must be added. The basis of the game will be the par. To have a better game, you should aim lower par than the course par




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