If a hole is par 5 for instance, that means it should take 5 shots to putt the ball. a birdie is 1 under parr "4 shots on a parr 5 hole" an eagle is 2 under parr "3 shots on a parr 5 hole" and an albertross is 3 under parr "2 shots on a parr five hole"
You make a good point, it is a strange one. But in this context par is meant to mean, the average, of the usual quality etc, so below par essentially means sub standard, and has nothing to do with golf.
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No, par is par.
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double eagle, that's correct for the USA but here in the UK 3 under is classed as an AlbatrossScoring terms summarised+1 = Bogey (then this goes up - ie. double bogey, triple bogey etc etc)+/-0 = Par-1 = Birdie-2 = Eagle-3 = Albatross (Double Eagle)-4 = Condor-5 = Ostrich (almost impossible as this would require a hole-in-one on a par 6 which on their own are very rare)
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Well it is ultimately the same thing. A usual professional golf tournament has 4 rounds. The running total score in relation to par is kept for each player and displayed on the leaderboard. Red is strokes under par, green is even and black is strokes over par. Although, you may be referring to score to par, as in for one day. Say Tiger Woods is 3 under today, level par for the tournament etc.
Its harder to get a hole in one on a par 3. Its common to be chipping from around the green or even putting on your 2nd shot on a par 4.
The highest par in golf is 5. A seven is a double bogey on a par 5 and a triple bogey on a par four and a quadruple bogey on a par 3.
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