Scoring query

[feary]

We all know about albatross, eagle, birdie, par and bogey etc. But when i was playing a few weeks ago my playing partner had an albatross with a shot on the hole.

What is this called? A net 4 under. We were discussing it at my club and no-one knew. I would assume it was a bird. Maybe an extinct one. Maybe a dodo.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think the technical term is either smug git or smart alec. No idea but if the Americanisation for albatross is double eagle I guess you could call it a triple eagle.

 

[DMC]

I dont know what i would call the shot,however a few names spring to mind for the player.

 

[Tommo21]

Double Eagle.......thats what he shot less one stroke.

 

[DCB]

I always thought it was the gross score that was called Par, Birdie, Eagle etc.

Nett doesn't count on that front IMO

Sorry

 

[RGDave]

We all know about albatross, eagle, birdie, par and bogey etc. But when i was playing a few weeks ago my playing partner had an albatross with a shot on the hole.

What is this called? A net 4 under. We were discussing it at my club and no-one knew. I would assume it was a bird. Maybe an extinct one. Maybe a dodo.

It was an albatross. How did it happen?

I don't do the whole "nett" thing....I mean, is there any point? Sorry, don't mean to sound fascist, but what's the stroke got to do with it. Not a dig at you (I mean, what an amazing feat) and it's a good question but since an albatross is 3 under par, then you'd need to hole-in-one a par 4 or sink the second to a par 5.....either way, it's still an albatross.

 

[stevie2722]

yep only works on gross score. net scores are for the bottom of the scorecard.
Probably not got a name as what are the chances of getting a hole in one on a par five?!?!?!

 

[Herbie]

Its not really a score query as you know how many shots were taken and how it was related to the format you played in, this is simply a question asking what something in golf may be called. You can call it what you wish, it matters not.

 

[tincup]

I think it is called a condor,
I was right
"Since almost nobody - even with today's supercharged equipment - can hit a 500-yard drive, the best place to look for par-5 aces are on those par-5 holes that are severe doglegs, or are even a bit horseshoe-shaped. On such holes, an intrepid long-hitter can attempt to cut a corner or clear trees or other hazards in order to go straight at the green, rather than playing around the dogleg in a normal fashion.

Holes-in-one on two such par-5s are known to have happened. One was even recorded with a 3-iron! That one was made by Shaun Lynch, playing at Teign Valley Golf Club in Christow, England, in 1995, on the 496-yard No. 17. According to a 2004 article in Golf World magazine, Lynch aimed straight toward the green on a horseshoe par-5, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge, then hitting a downslope on the other side. The downslope carried his ball to the green and into the cup.

The first-known ace of this nature occurred in 1962, according to the Golf World article. "Larry Bruce took his drive over a stand of scrawny pines on the 480-yard dogleg right par-5 fifth hole at Hope Country Club" in Arkansas, and found the cup.

But there's also one hole-in-one known to have occurred on a straightaway par-5. This monster drive was achieved at altitude on the No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver in 2002. The shot was 517 yards in length, and the golfer who got the ace was Mike Crean. This ace is believed to be the longest ever recorded. (See a diagram of the hole here.)

What is a hole-in-one on a par-5 called? "Condor" is sometimes recognized as the "proper" term, but triple-eagle and double-albatross are also correct."

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I don't understand why people think only gross scores get called par, birdie, eagle etc.

When scoring it's quite common for a player to say that they had "gross par, nett birdie for 3 points" for example.

So in this guys case it's " gross albatross, giving nett ...... for 6 points".

 

[USER1999]

Nope, that would be 4 for 3 points. No mention of nett scores, or par. A birdie is a score of gross 1 under.

If you were playing bits and birdies, would you pay out on nett?

 

[viscount17]

What is a hole-in-one on a par-5 called? "Condor" is sometimes recognized as the "proper" term, but triple-eagle and double-albatross are also correct."

I don't think double-eagle or double-albatross or triple-eagle can ever be correct. as with american trillions, they're dunces when it comes to maths.

 

[RGDave]

I don't understand why people think only gross scores get called par, birdie, eagle etc.

I can only speak for me, but a par is a par and so on.
Anyone coming into the clubhouse talking of "eagles" that were actually pars with 2 strokes is likely to look a bit of a fool in front of the scratch team, if you ask me.

I don't mind going over a card with my marker after a game and saying "oh, yes, at 14 I had a nett birdie". That's OK.

What's wrong with saying I made a par for 4 points and smiling, rather than trying to look like some sort of golfing legend.....

????

I don't know.....it just winds me up.....maybe the problem is me?

 

[roccokj]

a condor...it has happened in gross figures before! Go look it up on wikipedia.

 

[Herbie]

If it is confusing people, why bother with them, just use numbers then you wont go wrong.

Par 5 Gross 2-nett 1....6 points, simple.