Page 6 The Shoreline July 2005
A Hole in One is Fun
Golf is a great game. It is governed by the
Rules of Golf with a specific scoring system.
The rules are too many to address and almost
impossible for the average golfer to
understand. The scoring system is simple.
On holes of shorter distance where you can
reach the green with one shot, that is a par 3.
You are expected to get the ball in the hole
with two putts on every green according to
the rules and the scoring system. On a par 4
you should be able to reach the green with
two hits and then have two putts to get the
ball in the hole. On a par 5 you should be able
to “reach the green with three hits and then
have two putts to get the ball in the hole. Do
this and you will be playing “par golf’.
Now there are other factors. A hole in one
is really an eagle on a par 3. A two on a par
4 is also an eagle, and a three on a par 5 is an
eagle. The odds of this happening under
current standards are astronomical. A birdie
occurs when the golfer scores one stroke
under par on a hole. This is also exciting and
fun. It happens more frequently than an eagle,
but it usually comes as a surprise to most
golfers.
Par is more possible for good golfers but
seldom happens on every hole. A bogie is
more common among the vast majority of
people playing golf. That is to score one
stroke above par on a hole. To score a bogie
on every hole of a par 72 course would give
you a score of 90. A double bogie occurs
when the golfer scores two strokes above
par, and this happens frequently with the
average golfer. That person usually does not
score below 100. There are also triple bogies,
which happen more often than you would
want to believe.
Professional golfers play from the longest
tees on a course 7,000 yards or longer. They
expect to hit a very long drive off the tee, then
a good sized hit onto the green. Depending
on a number of factors, they would like to
make their first putt for a birdie. If they miss
the hole on their first putt, they are usually
close enough to tap their next putt in for a par.
Very rarely, but on occasion, they have been
known to miss their second putt and they get
very upset. Most of them play par golf or
better and they practice every day.
Most golf courses usually have a set of
tees about 6,000 yards long. The good golfers
play from these tees and only the very good
ones ever come close to playing par. Most of
them are very happy to score in the low 80’s
and occasionally they break 80. That makes
them very happy, but you seldom see them
practice.
The rest of the golfers play from a series
of shorter tees and very few of them ever
reach the green in regulation. They have also
been known to miss two, three and even four
putts. Their chance of ever playing “par
golf’ is more than astronomical. They spend
a lot of time thinking about the game but
seldom if ever practice.
If GOLF is really a game with rules and a
scoring system, why can’t the vast majority
of players ever dream of playing “par golf’?
There are a number of reasons, starting with
the challenge each different course presents,
the difficulty of different contours and the
speed of the greens. It is virtually impossible
when the player is totally incapable of
reaching the green in regulation. It is highly
improbable when you consider the amount of
time a player is willing to put into practice.
Is there a solution? Only when the tee
boxes are determined by the capability of the
golfers. Each player should play from a
distance where it is conceivably possible
they could reach the green in regulation. This
requires a number of different tee boxes on
every hole
Any way,_a hole in one is fun and entirely
luck!
Submitted by Frank Wallace, who shot his
first and, so far only, hole in one on May 11 this
year at Bogue Banks Country Club. Frank
shouldn’t have been playing at all, having
undergone prostate surgery just a month
before. But play he did and knocked his first
shot of the day into the hole for his ace. Luckily
he was in the hole in one pool, and the $68 he
collected just about covered the traditional
beers he bought for his fellow players. How
lucky can a guy be!
Birds
Ask Not Only What You
Can Do For Birds, But What
Birds Can Do For You!
A Baltimore oriole can consume
17 hairy caterpillars in a minute.
A house wren feeds 500 insects to
its young every summer afternoon.
A pair of flickers considers 5,000
ants a mere snack.
A swallow can devour 1,000 in
sects every 12 hours.
A brown thrasher has been known
to eat 6,180 insects in one day.
A pair of scarlet tanagers has
been seen eating 630 newly
hatched caterpillars of the gypsy
moth in 18 minutes.
Source: Courtesy of The Garden
Club of America
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